Special Exhibition 2026

Tone and Color … between Heaven and Earth

The 2026 summer exhibition at the Museum Rudolf Stolz places music at the center alongside art, inviting visitors on a journey between heaven and earth, between the visible and the invisible, between matter and spirit, between silence and sound.

Music becomes a bridge: it connects the materials, shapes, and gravity of the earth with the invisible, the spiritual, the breath of heaven. Tone colors weave together reality and depth, dissolving boundaries and creating a shared space where meaning and sensuality meet.

Artworks by Anselm Kiefer, Valentin Oman, Oliver Westerbarkey, Giselbert Hoke, Franz Grabmayr, Jörg Hofer, Heinrich Kühn, and Gutta Lageder—who traced the essence of the earth—challenge us to look from the ground up: How much of what we see have we truly understood? How much of what we hear remains to be newly discovered? How much of heaven opens up to us in the works of Vigil Raber, Josef Maria Auchentaller, Robert Pan, Zhao Zhao, Robert Bosisio, Wolfgang Sinwel, Maria Lassnig, Marie Cécile Boog, Billi Thanner, and Paul Sebastian Feichter? Heaven and earth are not separate worlds. They are connected like notes on delicate staff lines, branching and weaving together like the music that flows through them. The paintings by Ferdinand Schmutzer, Linda Schwarz, and Rudolf Stolz, along with the photographic works of Julius Berger Jr., illustrate this vividly. When heaven touches the earth, we feel the connections to a world beyond our perception, and the space between the two becomes a living soundscape where color manifests as tone and tone as color.

The exhibition inspires people to listen with intent, to look with mindfulness, and to feel with gratitude: step by step, note by note, while matter and spirit encounter one another, and the visible and invisible find reflection in colors and forms.

Hermann Rogger

Visiting the special exhibition (28.06. – 04.10.2026) is possible during the museum’s regular opening hours or on request (Tel. +39 349 7169126).

Entry to the museum is free.

The complete catalog of the 2026 themed exhibition to leaf through will be available soon.

Below is the invitation to the exhibition opening on Saturday, 27 June 2026, at 5.00 pm.
Please note: The invitation is only available in german and italian language. We ask for your understanding.