080065 UE Course: Exhibiting Egon Schiele. Backstage (2024W)

Egon Schiele is one of the most popular artists of our time; the hype surrounding his work leads to exhibitions around the globe. The artist is constantly being viewed in new ways, and almost every year new works, sources or insights emerge that enrich the artist's life and work with new perspectives. At the same time, exhibiting Egon Schiele's works is associated with major challenges and problem areas, ranging from questions of content to ethical and legal issues, from security standards, restoration aspects and financial framework conditions to questions of reputation and building trust. These questions of exhibition practice are the focus of the course, which incorporates numerous Schiele works from Viennese museums and gives experts the opportunity to speak.

The introduction at the Egon Schiele Museum Tulln is dedicated to the current presentation there ("Egon Schiele. Naked!") and the exhibition currently in preparation at the Neue Galerie New York ("Egon Schiele. Living Landscapes"). Both projects make it possible to present the relevant thematic areas of exhibiting in an exemplary manner. Right from the start, experts who accompany such exhibitions - from organization to restoration - will have their say.

In addition to lectures and discussions on special topics at the Institute of History of Art, leading Schiele experts from Vienna's museums will speak in the context of excursions. Franz Smola (Belvedere), Ursula Storch (Wien Museum), Kerstin Jesse (Leopold Museum), Elisabeth Dutz (Albertina) and others will talk about the challenges of past and future Schiele projects in front of works by the artist.
The artist is ideally suited to raise questions about concepts, provenance and restitution processes, insurance and private and public collections. It is about dealing with a glorious chapter of art that has long since become one of Austria's main exports.