--- type: press_release title: Avant-Garde and the Contemporary language: en url: "https://www.belvedere.at/en/press/avant-garde-and-contemporary" --- # Avant-Garde and the Contemporary ### The Belvedere Collection from Lassnig to Knebl 15 September 2021 – 19 February 2023 [Press Kit "Avant-Garde and the Contemporary"(EN)](https://www.belvedere.at/sites/default/files/2022-05/Press%20Kit_Avant-Garde%20and%20the%20Contemporary_EN.pdf) [Booklet „Avantgarde und Gegenwart" (DE/EN)](https://www.belvedere.at/sites/default/files/2022-05/Booklet_Avantgarde_Gegenwart_0.pdf) ![Jakob Lena Knebl_Joan_2019 — Jakob Lena Knebl, Joan, 2019 — Photo: Johannes Stoll, Belvedere, Vienna / © Bildrecht, Vienna 2021](https://www.belvedere.at/sites/default/files/2021-07/Jakob%20Lena%20Knebl_Joan_2019_Belvedere%2C%20Wien_Johannes%20Stoll.jpg) ## Press Images ![Image](https://www.belvedere.at/sites/default/files/2021-07/Jakob%20Lena%20Knebl_Joan_2019_Belvedere%2C%20Wien_Johannes%20Stoll.jpg) Jakob Lena Knebl, Joan, 2019 Photo: Johannes Stoll, Belvedere, Vienna / © Bildrecht, Vienna 2021 ![Image](https://www.belvedere.at/sites/default/files/2021-09/Ashley%20Hans%20Scheirl_Neoliberal%20Surrealist_Belvedere%2C%20Wien_Johannes%20Stoll.jpg) Ashley Hans Scheirl, Neoliberal Surrealist, 2019 Photo: Johannes Stoll / Belvedere, Vienna Courtesy Galerie Crone, Vienna ![Image](https://www.belvedere.at/sites/default/files/2021-05/Maria%20Lassnig_Doppelselbstportr%C3%A4t%20mit%20Kamera_1974.jpg) Maria Lassnig, Double Self-Portrait with Camera, 1974 Artothek des Bundes, on permanent loan at Belvedere, Vienna © Maria Lassnig Foundation/ Bildrecht, Vienna 2021, Photo: Johannes Stoll ![Image](https://www.belvedere.at/sites/default/files/2021-07/Valie%20EXPORT_Homometer_1937_Belvedere%2C%20Wien_Johannes%20Stoll%20%285%29.jpg) VALIE EXPORT, Homometer, 1937 Photo: Johannes Stoll, Belvedere, Vienna / © VALIE EXPORT/ Bildrecht, Vienna 2021 ![Image](https://www.belvedere.at/sites/default/files/2021-07/Curt%20Stenvert_Violinspieler%20in%20vier%20Bewegungsphasen_1947_Belvedere%2C%20Wien_Arthothek%20des%20Bundes.jpg) Curt Stenvert, Violinspieler in vier Bewegungsphasen, 1947 Belvedere, Vienna / Artothek des Bundes, on permanent loan at the Belvedere, Vienna / © Bildrecht, Vienna 2021 ![Image](https://www.belvedere.at/sites/default/files/2021-04/Agnieszka%20Polska_Eclipse_2012.JPG) Agnieszka Polska, Eclipse, 2012 © Courtesy the artist and Zak Branicka Gallery, Berlin ![Image](https://www.belvedere.at/sites/default/files/2021-09/Friedensreich%20Hundertwasser_Der%20gro%C3%9Fe%20Weg_1955.jpg) Friedensreich Hundertwasser, 224 The Big Way, 1955 Photo: Johannes Stoll / Belvedere, Vienna © 2021 Namida AG, Glarus, Switzerland ![Image](https://www.belvedere.at/sites/default/files/2021-07/Lisl%20Ponger_Horror%20Vacui_2008_Belvedere%2C%20Wien_Johannes%20Stoll.jpg) Lisl Ponger, Horror Vacui, 2008 Photo: Johannes Stoll, Belvedere, Vienna / © Bildrecht, Vienna 2021 ![Image](https://www.belvedere.at/sites/default/files/2021-09/Nilbar%20G%C3%BCres_How%20I%20met%20your%20Mom_2017_Belvedere%2C%20Wien_Johannes%20Stoll.jpg) Nilbar Güreş, How I met your Mom, 2017 Photo: Johannes Stoll / Belvedere, Vienna ![Image](https://www.belvedere.at/sites/default/files/2021-07/Tess%20Jaray_St.%20Stephen%E2%80%99s%20Wall%20II_1965_Belvedere%2C%20Wien_Johannes%20Stoll.jpg) Tess Jaray, St. Stephen’s Way II, 1965 Photo: Johannes Stoll, Belvedere, Vienna / 2020 on permanent loan from Österreichische Ludwig-Stiftung, Vienna / © Bildrecht, Vienna 2021 ![Image](https://www.belvedere.at/sites/default/files/2021-09/Avantgarde%20und%20Gegenwart%20Presse-5.jpg) Exhibition view "Avant-Garde and the Contemporary. The Belvedere Collection from Lassnig to Knebl" Photo: Johannes Stoll / Belvedere, Vienna ![Image](https://www.belvedere.at/sites/default/files/2021-09/Avantgarde%20und%20Gegenwart%20Presse-6.jpg) Exhibition view "Avant-Garde and the Contemporary. The Belvedere Collection from Lassnig to Knebl" Photo: Johannes Stoll / Belvedere, Vienna ![Image](https://www.belvedere.at/sites/default/files/2021-09/Avantgarde%20und%20Gegenwart%20Presse-8.jpg) Exhibition view "Avant-Garde and the Contemporary. The Belvedere Collection from Lassnig to Knebl" Photo: Johannes Stoll / Belvedere, Vienna ![Image](https://www.belvedere.at/sites/default/files/2021-09/Avantgarde%20und%20Gegenwart%20Presse-7.jpg) Exhibition view "Avant-Garde and the Contemporary. The Belvedere Collection from Lassnig to Knebl" Photo: Johannes Stoll / Belvedere, Vienna ![Image](https://www.belvedere.at/sites/default/files/2021-09/Avantgarde%20und%20Gegenwart%20Presse-3.jpg) Exhibition view "Avant-Garde and the Contemporary. The Belvedere Collection from Lassnig to Knebl" Photo: Johannes Stoll / Belvedere, Vienna ![Image](https://www.belvedere.at/sites/default/files/2021-09/Avantgarde%20und%20Gegenwart%20Presse-9.jpg) Exhibition view "Avant-Garde and the Contemporary. The Belvedere Collection from Lassnig to Knebl" Photo: Johannes Stoll / Belvedere, Vienna ![Image](https://www.belvedere.at/sites/default/files/2021-09/Avantgarde%20und%20Gegenwart%20Presse-4.jpg) Exhibition view "Avant-Garde and the Contemporary. The Belvedere Collection from Lassnig to Knebl" Photo: Johannes Stoll / Belvedere, Vienna ![Image](https://www.belvedere.at/sites/default/files/2021-09/Avantgarde%20und%20Gegenwart%20Presse-10.jpg) Exhibition view "Avant-Garde and the Contemporary. The Belvedere Collection from Lassnig to Knebl" Photo: Johannes Stoll / Belvedere, Vienna The texts, images, and documents provided here are copyrighted and are made available exclusively for the purpose of reporting on the exhibitions mentioned. Please contact the press team in regards to image credits and copyrights. For any additional use or distribution, please obtain approval in writing from the press team. For more information and press images please contact: #### Media Relations ##### Irene Jäger T: [+43 1 795 57-185](tel:+43179557-185) M: [+43 664 800 141-185](tel:+43664800141-185) E-Mail: [**i.jaeger@belvedere.at**](mailto:i.jaeger@belvedere.at) ## Related exposition [**Avant-Garde and the Contemporary**](https://www.belvedere.at/en/avant-garde-and-contemporary-0) — The Belvedere Collection from Lassnig to Knebl — 15 September 2021 - 19 February 2023 — Exhibition — Belvedere 21