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type: exposition
title: Christmas Tree 2012
language: en
url: "https://www.belvedere.at/en/christmas-tree-2012"
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# Christmas Tree 2012

## Eva Grubinger

![Belvedere Weihnachtsbaum 2012](https://www.belvedere.at/sites/default/files/styles/header_cropped_1920x480_fp/public/jart-images/_439886225933.jpg.webp?itok=ZGlGm1Bf) 

**Duration:** 4 December 2012 - 3 February 2013

Following works by gelatin (2010) and Fabian Seiz (2011), the Belvedere presents a site-related sculpture by the  
Linz- and Berlin-based artist Eva Grubinger as this year’s Christmas tree. Unlike these first two Christmas trees,  
Eva Grubinger’s work of this year breaks up the scale through the installation of an oversized black Christmas tree ball whose shiny surface reflects not only the Baroque Sala terrena, but also its visitors. Beyond the fascinating interplay of distortion and light, the artist’s ball virtually transforms the palace as such, turning it into a Christmas tree as a whole.

### [Upper Belvedere](https://www.belvedere.at/en/visit/upper-belvedere)

**Opening hours:** Monday to Sunday, 9 am - 6 pm

**Address:** Upper Belvedere, 1030 Vienna ([Getting there](<https://www.google.com/maps?q=Upper Belvedere,+Prinz-Eugen-Straße 27,+1030+Vienna>))

[Tickets](https://www.belvedere.at/en/tickets?location%5B0%5D=1)

## Impressions

- ![Belvedere Weihnachtsbaum 2012 — Eva Grubinger, Untitled, 2012, \xa9 Belvedere, Vienna / \xa9 VBK, Vienna, 2012](https://www.belvedere.at/sites/default/files/styles/equal_height_slider_1x/public/jart-images/_439886225929.jpg.webp?itok=fa98mztR)
- ![Belvedere Weihnachtsbaum 2012](https://www.belvedere.at/sites/default/files/styles/equal_height_slider_1x/public/jart-images/_439886225934.jpg.webp?itok=NAvyHWiK)