Herbert & Joella Bayer
Joining Forces in the Service of Art
Exhibition view, Herbert & Joella Bayer, 2022 
Exhibition view, Herbert & Joella Bayer, 2022 
In this show, the Lentos puts its Bayer Archive centre stage. This archive is one of the most comprehensive collections in Europe featuring works by this truly universal, Upper Austrian born artist.
For the first time the exhibition also showcases his collaboration with his wife, Joella. In her capacities as manager and donor, she made a significant contribution to Herbert’s success.
Herbert Bayer (1900 – 1985) is considered the epitome of the modern universal type of artist. His career took him from Linz to Germany and the United States, where he continued his Bauhaus inspired work for international corporations, museums, and the tourism industry. As an architect, designer, painter, sculptor and landscape designer, he shaped the townscape of such places as Aspen, where the Resnick Center for Herbert Bayer Studies opened this year.
Joella (1907 – 2004), daughter of the famous writer, artist and feminist Mina Loy (1882 – 1966), not only took charge of her husband’s estate after his death, but she was also his muse and artistic mentor during his lifetime and a source of inspiration for Dalí and Man Ray. She had a remarkable talent for bringing together different personalities from the worlds of business and art.
The exhibition puts a unique focus on Bayer’s success as a commercial designer in Germany and the United States. Photos from private US Archives and by Bayer’s first wife, Irene Bayer Hecht (1898 – 1991), and Ise Gropius (1897 – 1983) of Bauhaus as well as Mina Loy supplement the Lentos’s holdings. These are comprised of more than 200 works generously donated to the Lentos between 1986 and 2004 by Herbert and Joella Bayer. Some are more recent acquisitions.
Curator: Elisabeth Nowak-Thaller
Exhibition Design: Nicole Six & Paul Petritsch
Interactive Exhibition part
Let’s redesign the exhibition space! Inspired by Bauhaus ideas, a large part of the show invites visitors to use and design it themselves. Elements of this interactive area of the exhibition can be used, moved and changed. In this way, the exhibition space is created anew again and again.
| Date | Title | Time |
|---|---|---|
| Tue 04.11 | Öffentliche Führung durch „Mädchen*Sein!?“+ „Die Sammlung“ Dauer 60 Minuten, max. 25 Personen, Führungkarte € 4 (zzgl. Eintritt) Keine Anmeldung erforderlich („first-come-first-served“) | 4:00 pm–5:00 pm |
| Thu 06.11 | Öffentliche Führung durch „Mädchen*Sein!?“ Dauer 60 Minuten, max. 25 Personen, Führungkarte € 4 (zzgl. Eintritt) Keine Anmeldung erforderlich („first-come-first-served“) | 6:00 pm–7:00 pm |
| Fri 07.11 | Aktzeichnen im Lentos Kunstmuseum (Ausgebucht) Das Lentos nutzt die inspirierende Umgebung des Kunstmuseums, um einen fünfteiligen Kurs in der klassischen Disziplin des „Aktzeichnen“ nach Modellen anzubieten – für alle die Lust am Ausprobieren haben, die ihre Techniken verfeinern wollen und alle die es als „Newcomer“ versuchen möchten. Im Mittelpunkt steht das praktische Zeichnen vor einem Modell unter Anleitung des Künstlers Klaus Scheuringer. Dauer 120 Minuten, Kosten pro Termin (einzeln buchbar) € 8,- , Anmeldung erforderlich unter T +43 732 7070 3614 oder online. | 4:00 pm–6:00 pm |
| Sat 08.11 | Lentos Atelier Children and young people between the ages of 6 and 12 have the opportunity to discover works of art, work creatively and try out different techniques in the Lentos studio. | 10:00 am–12:00 pm |
| Sat 08.11 | Los Lentoninios Every second Saturday each month (in the holidays: Tuesday) our youngest visitors are cordially invited to the Donauatelier to give their fantasy and creativity free rein. | 3:00 pm–4:30 pm |
| Sat 08.11 | Guided Tour in Austrian Sign Language (ÖGS) through the exhibition “Being a Girl*!?” Guided tours with a sign language interpreter in Austrian Sign Language (ÖGS). Duration: 1 hour. Free of charge for visitors with hearing impairments. No registration required. | 4:00 pm–5:00 pm |
| Sun 09.11 | Öffentliche Führung durch „Mädchen*Sein!?“ Dauer 60 Minuten, max. 25 Personen, Führungkarte € 4 (zzgl. Eintritt) Keine Anmeldung erforderlich („first-come-first-served“) | 4:00 pm–5:00 pm |
| Tue 11.11 | Baby Tour: Wer wir wirklich sind. Zur Ausstellung “Mädchen* sein!?” Ein entspannter Rundgang durch die Ausstellung, der ganz auf die Bedürfnisse von Besucher*innen mit Baby abgestimmt ist. Kosten: nur Museumseintritt | 10:30 am–11:30 am |
| Tue 11.11 | Pressekonferenz: Vertikal Horizon – Kyiv Biennale 2025 Das Lentos ist 2025 Teil der internationalen Kyiv Biennale, die in diesem Jahr ihr 10-jähriges Jubiläum feiert. Zeitgleich finden Ausstellungsprojekte u.a. in Warschau, Dnpro, Amsterdam und Kyiv statt. Im Kontext des russischen Angriffskrieges auf die Ukraine nimmt die Linzer Schau die Vorstellung von Land und Landschaft als poetische und politische Instanz in den Blick und zeigt Werke ukrainische Künstler*innen in Dialog mit internationalen Positionen. | 11:00 am–12:00 pm |
| Tue 11.11 | Öffentliche Führung durch „Mädchen*Sein!?“+„Die Sammlung“ Dauer 60 Minuten, max. 25 Personen, Führungkarte € 4 (zzgl. Eintritt) Keine Anmeldung erforderlich („first-come-first-served“) | 4:00 pm–5:00 pm |
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