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In 2024, Erwin Hauser, Vice President of the Lentos Freunde [Friends of Lentos Association], gifted his art collection encompassing 2,994 works to the City of Linz and the Lentos. In doing so, he enabled the museum to undergo its greatest expansion since its foundation through the acquisition of the Wolfgang Gurlitt Collection in 1953. To mark the occasion, Lentos is presenting a first best-of exhibition, providing insights into the history of its creation and showcasing the highlights of this outstanding collection of predominantly Austrian artists.

Lentos is presenting the first solo museum exhibition of the Austrian artist Georg Pinteritsch (*1986). His works display an unmistakable visual language: Art-historical symbolism, Christian
iconography and elements of our everyday visual culture are interwoven into seemingly surreal narratives. Fundamental themes of human existence form the heart of his oeuvre and reveal intimate pictorial spaces in which the past, present and future coalesce to create an intricate whole.

What is it that motivates girls nowadays and what role models have been handed down to us from the past? Contemporary art often deals with images of girls in socially motivated contexts: coming of age, self-improvement trends – often in interaction with social media – fluid genders, issues surrounding diversity, interculturalism and inclusion.