MÄDCHEN* SEIN!?
VOM TAFELBILD ZU SOCIAL MEDIA
LENTOS KUNSTMUSEUM, LINZ, AUSTRIA
OCT 31, 2025 – APR 6, 2026

THE EXHIBITION „MÄDCHEN SEIN!? VOM TAFELBILD ZU SOCIAL MEDIA“* (BEING A GIRL!? FROM PANEL PAINTING TO SOCIAL MEDIA) EXPLORES THE CHANGING IMAGES AND ROLES OF BEING A GIRL – BETWEEN ART-HISTORICAL TRADITION AND CURRENT SOCIOPOLITICAL ISSUES. AROUND 160 WORKS FROM EIGHT CENTURIES – FROM LATE MEDIEVAL DEPICTIONS TO BOURGEOIS PORTRAITS AND CONTEMPORARY POSITIONS – SHOW HOW PERCEPTIONS OF GIRLS*, BODIES, AND IDENTITY EVOLVE, AND WHICH ATTRIBUTIONS PERSIST TO THIS DAY.

CURATED BY BRIGITTE REUTNER-DONEUS