--- type: exposition title: Stellprobe language: en url: "https://bellvedere.mom/en/stellprobe" --- # Stellprobe ## Collection Acquisitions from the Last Decade in a Display by Heimo Zobernig ![Text](https://bellvedere.mom/sites/default/files/styles/header_cropped_1920x480_fp/public/2026-06/20260611_HZ_stellprobe_1960x740.png.webp?itok=11b8qrhj) **Duration:** 10 July 2026 - 4 October 2026 More than 150 artworks are being brought together at Belvedere 21 in the spirit of a *Stellprobe*—a stage rehearsal in which the relationships between figures, objects, and narratives are tested out in space—an experimental, intuitive arrangement. Spread across the ground floor, upper floor, Blickle Cinema, and sculpture garden, this large-scale exhibition presents acquisitions and donations from the past decade. It functions as an inventory, a reflection on the museum’s collecting strategy, and a provisional vision of its future. Curated by Stella Rollig and Luisa Ziaja. Assistant Curators: Johanna Hofer and Katarina Lozo ### [Belvedere 21](https://bellvedere.mom/en/visit/belvedere-21) **Address:** Belvedere 21, 1030 Vienna ([Getting there]()) [Tickets](https://bellvedere.mom/en/tickets?location%5B0%5D=4) ##### In cooperation with - Kurier - [Logo Ö1](https://oe1.orf.at/club) ## Impressions - ![Meister der Oberfalkensteiner Altarflügel, Geburt Christi, um 1510/1515 — Master of the Oberfalkenstein Altarpiece Wings (Master of Möllbrücke), Nativity, c. 1510–15 — Belvedere, Vienna, photo: Johannes Stoll / Belvedere, Vienna](https://bellvedere.mom/sites/default/files/styles/equal_height_slider_1x/public/2026-04/Meister%20der%20Oberfalkensteiner%20Altarfl%C3%BCgel%2C%20Geburt%20Christi%2C%20um%201510_1515.jpg.webp?itok=tQWGC5AK) - ![Helene Funke, Akt in den Spiegel blickend, 1908/10 — Belvedere Vienna, Photo: Johannes Stoll / Belvedere, Vienna](https://bellvedere.mom/sites/default/files/styles/equal_height_slider_1x/public/2025-08/11709_Helene%20Funke_Akt%20in%20den%20Spiegel%20blickend_1908_10_Belvedere%20Wien.jpg.webp?itok=rcDDFZ_Z) - ![Tess Jaray, St.Stephen‘s Way II, 1965 — Tess Jaray, St. Stephen's Way II, 1965 — On loan by The Austrian Ludwig Foundation, Vienna, Photo: Johannes Stoll / Belvedere, Vienna © Bildrecht, Vienna 2026](https://bellvedere.mom/sites/default/files/styles/equal_height_slider_1x/public/2025-08/Lg%202075_Tess%20Jaray_St.Stephen%E2%80%98s%20Way%20II_1965_Leihgabe%20der%20%C3%96sterreichischen%20Ludwig-Stiftung%20Wien.jpg.webp?itok=JIpZbEdk) - ![Detail von Nancy Spero, Sheela and Wilma, 1985 — Nancy Spero, Sheela and Wilma, 1985 (Detail) — Belvedere, Vienna, purchased from Galerie Lelong, New York — Photo: Johannes Stoll / Belvedere, Vienna © Bildrecht, Vienna 2026](https://bellvedere.mom/sites/default/files/styles/equal_height_slider_1x/public/2026-04/12365_Nancy%20Spero_Sheela%20and%20Wilma_1985_Detail.jpg.webp?itok=2ST5yIPj) - ![Gunter Damisch, Durchdringungsweltenwege, 1999–2000 — Belvedere, Vienna, donation from private collection — Photo: Johannes Stoll / Belvedere, Vienna © Estate Gunter Damisch](https://bellvedere.mom/sites/default/files/styles/equal_height_slider_1x/public/2026-04/11999_Gunter%20Damisch_Durchdringungsweltenwege_1999%E2%80%932000_Nachlass%20Gunter%20Damisch.jpg.webp?itok=UPGtRhew) - ![Donna Huanca, YUCUMAMA, 2018 — Belvedere Vienna, Photo: Johannes Stoll / Belvedere, Vienna](https://bellvedere.mom/sites/default/files/styles/equal_height_slider_1x/public/2025-08/11776_Donna%20Huanca_YUCUMAMA_2018_Belvedere%20Wien.jpg.webp?itok=BUJ4596C) - ![Margot Pilz, O. T. (Hände), 1978/2019 — Belvedere Vienna, Photo: Johannes Stoll / Belvedere, Vienna © Bildrecht, Vienna 2026](https://bellvedere.mom/sites/default/files/styles/equal_height_slider_1x/public/2025-08/12144_Margot%20Pilz_O.%20T.%20H%C3%A4nde_1978_2019_Belvedere%20Wien%20.jpg.webp?itok=51FxZC3q) - ![Renate Bertlmann, Waschtag (Belvedere 21), 1976/2023 — Renate Bertlmann, Laundry Day, 1976/2023 — Belvedere, Vienna — Photo: Johannes Stoll / Belvedere, Vienna © Bildrecht, Vienna 2026](https://bellvedere.mom/sites/default/files/styles/equal_height_slider_1x/public/2026-04/12189_Renate%20Bertlmann_Waschtag_Belvedere%2021_1976_2023.jpg.webp?itok=uL8lqO3S) - ![Heimo Zobernig, Ohne Titel, 2023 — Heimo Zobernig, Untitled, 2023 — Belvedere Vienna, Photo: Johannes Stoll / Belvedere, Vienna © Bildrecht, Vienna 2026](https://bellvedere.mom/sites/default/files/styles/equal_height_slider_1x/public/2025-08/12071-1.jpg.webp?itok=9Mz26lBg) - ![Belinda Kazeem-Kaminski, Respire (Liverpool) (2023) und Keep On Keepin' On (for Nile) (2023), 2023 — Belinda Kazeem-Kaminski, Respire (Liverpool) (2023) and Keep On Keepin' On (for Nile) (2023), 2023 — Donation from Phileas – The Austrian Office for Contemporary Art — Videostill: Belvedere, Vienna © Bildrecht, Vienna 2026](https://bellvedere.mom/sites/default/files/styles/equal_height_slider_1x/public/2026-04/12259_Belinda%20Kazeem-Kaminski_Respire_Liverpool_2023%20und%20Keep%20On%20Keepin%20On_for%20Nile_2023.jpg.webp?itok=34P-31KY) - ![Skulptur von Toni Schmale, gefährt*innen — Toni Schmale, gefährt*innen, 2023 — Belvedere, Vienna, purchase from the artist — Photo: Johannes Stoll / Belvedere, Vienna © Bildrecht, Vienna 2026](https://bellvedere.mom/sites/default/files/styles/equal_height_slider_1x/public/2026-04/12067_Toni%20Schmale_gef%C3%A4hrtinnen_2023.jpg.webp?itok=B-8QLrSF) - ![Katrina Daschner, Amazon Needles, 2024 — Courtesy Katrina Daschner und Lombardi—Kargl — Belvedere Vienna, Photo: kunst-dokumentation.com / Manuel Carreon Lopez](https://bellvedere.mom/sites/default/files/styles/equal_height_slider_1x/public/2025-08/12147_Katrina%20Daschner_Amazon%20Needles_2024_Belvedere%20Wien.jpg.webp?itok=qLJxhYVm) ## The Exhibition ![Text — © Heimo Zobernig/Dorothea Brunialti](https://bellvedere.mom/sites/default/files/styles/full_content_width_no_crop/public/2026-06/20260611_HZ_stellprobe_1960x740.png.webp?itok=nB5GK6pC) Collecting, one of a museum’s core responsibilities, is central to shaping its identity. Guided by the Belvedere’s mission to present Austrian art within an international context and by a program committed to offering new perspectives on art history, the collection is continually being expanded and updated across all periods. The exhibition ranges from fifteenth-century medieval altarpieces to historical works from later eras and extends into contemporary art—the museum’s fastest-growing collection area. Particular emphasis has been placed on increasing the representation of women artists from the nineteenth and early twentieth centuries, as well as other previously underrepresented positions. These include figures associated with the feminist avant-garde and artists whose work engages with experiences of migration. The media on display are as diverse as the historical contexts, spanning paintings, sculptures, drawings, moving-image works, textiles, porcelain, and sound installations. Taken together, they form a fragmentary snapshot of the collection, while also affirming the value of these objects and the museum’s commitment to preserving them for future generations.