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.

Upcoming Events

Wednesday, May 7, 2025, 5.00 pm

“after work” studio visit at THERESE EISENMANN

Lamm 16, 4212 Neumarkt im Mühlkreis

Therese Eisenmann,born in 1953 in Gosau at the foot of the Dachstein, studied painting and free graphics at the University of Art and Design (now the University of Art and Design) in Linz. During her studies, which she completed in 1977, she discovered etching as a means of artistic expression. She has remained faithful to this printing technique, which is extremely complex and demanding due to the resistance of the metal, and is now considered the grande dame of iron etching.

In her work, Therese Eisenmann is particularly concerned with the human condition. The elements of light and water and their proximity to life also play a very important role in her imagery. Her extremely strong relationship to nature and animal life and her deeply personal examination of herself as a woman can also be found in her pictures. Her serial printmaking work shows her often very intensive preoccupation with one subject area. With her reworkings, she expands her paper formats by mounting iron engravings on the canvas, thus creating space for graphic painting.
“I don’t want to invent anything. Just to show, to make visible. My work itself is a journey through time.” Therese Eisenmann

Art historian Dr. Maria Reitter, who curated the Eisenmann exhibition at the Francisco Carolinum, is now organizing this studio visit exclusively for members of the association.

To take part in the event, please register with Ms. Christine Weixelbaumer by emailing office@projektagentur.at by Friday, 25 April 2025.

Car pools can be formed.

Thursday, June 12, 2025, 5:00 PM
Exclusive Preview at Lentos for the Friends Association
COOL – The Erwin Hauser Collection

In 2024, the Vice President of the *Lentos Friends* Association donated his nearly 3,000-piece art collection to the city of Linz and Lentos. Curator Elisabeth Nowak-Thaller will present a first *best-of* selection, providing insights into the collection’s origins and highlighting key aspects of this high-caliber body of work, which the Linz entrepreneur has built over the past 25 years with a keen curatorial eye.
This donation marks the most significant expansion of the museum’s collection since its foundation, following the acquisition of the Wolfgang Gurlitt Collection in 1953.

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

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

Lentos Freunde Kunstpreis

Der Kunstpreis des Vereins Lentos Freunde, der 2014 ins Leben gerufen wurde wird biennal vergeben und dient speziell der Förderung junger Künstler*innen mit Bezug zu Oberösterreich. Teilnahmeberechtigt sind alle im Bundesland geborenen oder lebenden Künstler*innen, alle im Studienjahr 2023/2024 inskribierten Studierenden der Kunstuniversität Linz sowie alle Absolvent*innen der Kunstuniversität Linz, jeweils bis zum vollendeten 35. Lebensjahr. Das nächste Mal wird der Lentos Freunde Kunstpreis 2026 vergeben.

Lentos Freunde Kunstpreis 2024

Vier junge Künstler*innen wurden mit dem Lentos Freunde Kunstpreis 2024 ausgezeichnet. Alle Preisträger*innen studieren an der Kunstuniversität Linz. Die prämierten Werke und eine Auswahl der Einreichungen, die unter dem Motto „DIGNITY“ stehen, wurden vom 13. bis 16. Juni im Lentos Kunstmuseum Linz präsentiert.

Ausstellungskatalog Lentos Freunde Kunstpreis 2024 (PDF)

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