29.05.2025 – 19.10.2025

Looking Inside – Nicaea

The Council of Nicaea, convened by Emperor Constantine exactly 1700 years ago, summarised the basic Christian statements in the Creed. The later gatherings at the same place dealt with the role of the image and pictorial friendliness – in other words, views inwards. The simultaneous of the temporal and the eternal forms the guiding principle of the exhibition full of spiritual experiences in contemporary works, developed by Dr. Hubert Salden and funded by the Diocese of Innsbruck.

In the experiences of spiritual aspects in recent art, inner messages, connectedness and hope can be recognized. The exhibition unfolds the alternating songs between the physical and the spiritual, those twists and turns of the “inner world of the outer world of the inner world”, as Peter Handke headlines one of his poems. Around thirty artists provide insights with their works, including Francesco Clemente, Gerald Domenig, Rebecca Horn, Gülsün Karamustafa, Hermann Nitsch, Nikola Sarić, Kiki Smith, Susi Pop and Andy Warhol.

Opening: 28.09.2025, 18:00 h

Opening hours:
29.05.2025 – 19.10.2025
Tuesday – Sunday, public holidays: 10:00 – 16:00 h

Schloss Bruck, Schlossberg 1, 9900 Lienz, Austria