Contemporary art, media art and film in Upper Austria

**Nica* films...**

... draws, paints and designs. She creates art to express her view of the world. Through paintings, sculptures, graphics or photos, as media art or in film. Always boldly, openly and with an eye towards the future, as is customary in Upper Austria

*The Golden Nica is awarded at the Prix Ars Electronica in Linz. This golden sculpture is the most coveted international prize for media art.

© Foto: Linz Tourismus/Robert Josipovic: Das beleuchtete Lentos in der Abenddämmerung

Das beleuchtete Lentos in der Abenddämmerung

Linz transforms.

From a steel city to an electrifying cultural laboratory with a young, creative scene. Linz, the Cultural Capital and UNESCO City of Media Arts, invites you on a journey into the future.

Current exhibitions

Die Reise der Bilder

The journey of the pictures

How the Salzkammergut became a transhipment and salvage centre for internationally important works of art during the Second World War. An exhibition at the Lentos Art Museum Linz.

Ai Weiwei_OOE LKG

Transcending Borders

At the Marmoschlössl Bad Ischl, works by Ai Weiwei enter into dialogue with archaeological finds from the Hallstatt period.

© OÖ Landes-Kultur GmbH, Schlossmuseum

Kim Simonsson: Moss People

Kim Simonsson: Moss People

The installation at the Schlossmuseum Linz takes you into the fantastic world of the Moss People.

© DARINGER Kunstmuseum Aspach

DARINGER Kunstmuseum Aspach

Daringer Art Museum

Three generations of artists under one roof in Aspach in the Innviertel region.

© Foto Dietmar Tollerian: Museum Angerlehner in Thalheim bei Wels.

Museum Angerlehner in Thalheim bei Wels.

Tomak: Game over - press Start

Fantastic worlds in the large exhibition hall of the Museum Angerlehner in Wels.

© OÖ Landes-Kultur GmbH, Francisco Carolinum

The world's first museum exhibition by artists from the CryptoPunk community at the Francisco Carolinum Linz.

© Foto Oberösterreich Tourismus GmbH/Martin Fickert: Der Karikaturist Gerhard Haderer im Cafe Traxlmayer in Linz.

Der Karikaturist Gerhard Haderer sitzt an einem Tisch im Cafe Traxlmayer in Linz.

I couldn’t live without Linz…

Cartoonist Gerhard Haderer discusses his love for Linz, Knödel, the Cultural Capital 2024 and the absence of the letter “d” in the Upper Austrian dialect.

© Foto: Linz Tourismus/Robert Josipovic: Das beleuchtete Lentos in der Abenddämmerung

Das beleuchtete Lentos in der Abenddämmerung

Lentos Art Museum

Modern and contemporary art has its home in the glass museum on the Danube.

© Foto Dietmar Tollerian: Museum Angerlehner in Thalheim bei Wels.

Museum Angerlehner in Thalheim bei Wels.

Museum Angerlehner

An extraordinary house for an extraordinary collection, in Thalheim near Wels.

© Foto Schütz Fine Art: Das Schütz Art Museum in Engelhartszell an der Donau.

Das Schütz Art Museum in Engelhartszell an der Donau.

Schütz Art Museum

The world's first zero-energy museum in Engelhartszell exhibits art by Klimt, Schiele & Co.

Media art in Linz

© Foto: Oberösterreich Tourismus GmbH/Marco Leitner: Deep Space im Ars Electronica Center in Linz

Deep Space im Ars Electronica Center in Linz

Ars Electronica Center

The museum of the future. What impact will modern technology have on our society?

© Foto OK Offenes Kulturhaus OÖ: Blick ins OK Offenes Kulturhaus OÖ in Linz.

Blick in den Innenraum des OK Offenes Kulturhaus OÖ in Linz mit seiner nüchternen Architektur im Kontrast zum farbenfrohen Boden.

OK Offenes Kulturhaus

The first address in Linz for modern art with a multimedia focus.

© Foto Linz Tourismus/Gisela Müller: Das Francisco Carolinum in Linz.

Die historische, gelbe Fassade des Museums Francisco Carolinum in Linz.

Francisco Carolinum

In Linz's Museumstraße, the focus is on photography as a medium of art.

© Foto: Markus Litzlbauer: SOKO Donau Linz

SOKO Donau Linz

Filmlocations in Upper Austria

We reveal the locations of film and TV productions in Upper Austria.