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Lentos Friends

Friends support and help one another where they can. For example in researching, collecting, preserving and communicating. The Association of Friends of the Lentos aims to support and promote the museum. Through the purchase of art works the association supports the museum direction in further expanding the Collection. Since the Association was founded in 1985, members have purchased works by Tony Cragg, Gerwald Rockenschaub or EVA & ADELE and others. With their friendship they contribute to strengthening Lentos as one of the leading addresses for modern and contemporary art, thus promoting the important social, artistic and academic tasks of the museum. The museum also gives something back to you as a good friend: you become part of a pulsating art scene and provide – tax deductible – support for one of the most important museums of modern and contemporary art in Austria.

Date Title Time
Tue 14.05Treffpunkt Nordico: Linz on Summer Vacation

Director Andrea Bina guides visitors through the exhibition, which explores the phenomenon of summer retreats and examines places that offer the urban population space to relax. Artists such as Adalbert Stifter, Klemens Brosch and Helene Clodi-Titze discover and describe the special nature of these places in their works.

6:30 pm–8:30 pm
Tue 04.06Treffpunkt Lentos: Margit Palme

In her artistic work, Margit Palme (*1939) translates her image of women, which is based on self-determination, strength and positivity, into vivid pictorial metaphors and has been using aquatint etching for more than six decades. Brigitte Reutner-Doneus will guide you through the exhibition, in which the women talk about their activities, wishes and desires in various thematic focuses.

6:30 pm–8:30 pm
Thu 13.06Kunstpreis Lentos Freunde 2024

Artists born in Upper Austria or enrolled at the University of Art and Design Linz in the academic year 2023/2024 as well as their graduates up to the age of 35 will present their works in various art genres and face a jury, which will award the best three works with prize money of € 3,000, € 2,000 and € 1,000. In addition, the City of Linz will once again award a special prize of € 2,000.

The works relate to the theme of DIGNITY.

Food and drink will be provided on the evening of the ceremony.

7:00 pm–8:30 pm
Sat 27.07Lentos Freunde: Excursion to the Salzkammergut

To mark the Capital of Culture year, there will be an excursion to some interesting places in the region to Bad Ischl, Lauffen and Bad Aussee.

8:00 am–5:00 pm
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Become a member

You can register electronically here. We will contact you after your registration.
We will also be happy to provide you with additional information in a personal conversation.

Give the Gift of Art!
Make a friend or a relative happy by giving them a membership as a gift. You can register electronically or in a personal conversation.

Registration Form (DOC 39,5 KB) (German only)
(complete digitally and send it back via E‑Mail)

Registration Form
(PDF 15,1 KB) (German only)
(print and send it back by postal service)

Categories and benefits

Get informed on the different categories of membership and the advantages that come with each one.

Lentos Friend

As a Lentos Friend you enjoy benefits throughout the year:


  • a year ticket for free admission (with one guest) to all exhibitions of Lentos and Nordico
  • art excursions, i.e. visits to museums, studios and collectors
  • invitations to annual events, previews, and exclusive guided tours for the Friends Association
  • personal expert advice in art matters
  • 10 – 20% reduced admission for museums of modern/​contemporary art in Austria (Kunstmeile Krems, Neue Galerie Graz, Kunsthaus Graz, Museum der Moderne Salzburg, Salzburg Museum, Museum Moderner Kunst Passau, MUMOK, Oberes Belvedere, Unteres Belvedere, 21er Haus, Winterpalais)
  • opportunity to acquire an annual gift in the form of a limited art edition not available on the market
  • 10 % reduction on each current exhibition catalogue, all collection catalogues, and exhibition posters free of charge (as long as the supply lasts)
  • further reductions on selected products and various cultural and leisure time offers


Membership Fee: € 250 p.a.

    Lentos Patron

    Patrons acquire a corporate membership, or they are especially active as private persons: patrons particularly support Lentos in purchasing art works.
    In return, Patrons receive special benefits in addition to the Friends benefits:


    • privileged access to the museum and a glimpse behind the curtains
    • individual, exclusive events for friends and employees at special conditions


    Membership Fee: € 800 p.a. (€ 750,- of this amount is tax deductible.)


    Lentos New Friend

    New Friend is a trial offer to become acquainted with our Friends Association: this offer is limited to three years, no time limit for people under 30.
    As a New Friend you receive:

    • a year ticket for free admission to all Lentos and Nordico exhibitions
    • an invitation to the Lentos Art Fest
    • invitations to studio visits and art excursions
    • 10 – 20% reduction on admission to museums of modern/​contemporary art in Austria (Kunstmeile Krems, Neue Galerie Graz, Kunsthaus Graz, Museum der Moderne Salzburg, Salzburg Museum, Museum Moderner Kunst Passau, MUMOK, Oberes Belvedere, Unteres Belvedere, 21er Haus, Winterpalais
    • 10 % reduction on each current exhibition catalogue, all collection catalogues, and exhibition posters free of charge (as long as the supply lasts)
    • the benefit of being there at the hub of ART: artist discussions, performances, meeting new people, and much more.


    Membership Fee: € 50 p.a. (limited to three years)

    Limited art editions

    As a Lentos Freunde member, you have the opportunity to acquire an art edition not available in the trade. Currently, the Inge Dick Edition and the Josef Bauer Edition are still for sale. 

    If you are interested, you can contact the shop manager Julia Furtner +43 732 7070 3608 or julia.​furtner@​lentos.​at.

    Inge Dick Edtion

    Inge Dick Edition


    We would like to draw your attention to the sale of the Inge Dick Edition exclusively for members of the Friends. The price is € 3.200. Five folders each with four different motif variants have been published, so the total number of copies is only 20. The four works are from the series 2013/42 – 2021/5a,b,c,d” with the title sommer licht weiß [summer light white]” and are each 70×50 cm in size.


    Work a) 1. Abend [evening] 30.6.2013, 20:25:30 – 20:50:21, Ciclee-Print Hahnemühle, Photoluster 260 gr. aluminium, acrylic glass

    Work b) 2. Abend [evening] 1.7.2013, 20:41:26 – 21:00:11, Ciclee-Print Hahnemühle, Photoluster 260 gr. aluminium, acrylic glass

    Work c) 2. Morgen [morning] 2.7.2013, 05:05:37 – 06:01:08, Ciclee-Print Hahnemühle, Photoluster 260 gr. aluminium, acrylic glass

    Work d) 3. Abend [evening] 2.7.2013, 20:42:44 – 21:04:32, Ciclee-Print Hahnemühle, Photoluster 260 gr. aluminium, acrylic glass


    If you are interested, you can contact the store manager, Julia Furtner, at +43 732 7070 3608 or by email at julia.​furtner@​lentos.​at or use your next visit to the museum for this purpose.

    Josef Bauer Edition

    Josef Bauer Edition

    We would like to draw your attention to the sale of the Josef Bauer Edition exclusively for the members of the Förderverein at the price of € 1.900. The folders with the three sheets Im Obstgarten, 1970, A in der Landschaft, c. 1970, and Steirischer Herbst, Schloss Eggenberg, 1970, are signed by the artist and can be viewed and purchased in the Lentos Shop.

    The sheets have a size of 70,5 x 50 cm mount dimension, photo dimension 29 x 29 cm, and were published in the edition of 20 + 2. 


    If you are interested, you can contact the store manager, Julia Furtner, at +43 732 7070 3608 or by email at julia.​furtner@​lentos.​at or use your next visit to the museum for this purpose.

    • Josef Bauer Edition
    • Josef Bauer Edition

    Information and contact

    Dr. Brigitte Mörth

    freunde@​lentos.​at

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