Cultural highlight 2026 Friedensreich
The Hundertwasser Art Forum invites visitors to experience Hundertwasser’s work in all its diversity and visionary power. Until 2030, this unique institution will be dedicating an exclusive series of four exhibitions with different focal points to one of the most important artists of our time. The current exhibition, “The Art of Diversity”, from 28 March 2026 to 10 January 2027, invites visitors to discover the graphic work of Friedensreich Hundertwasser.
The special exhibition
With “The Art of Diversity”, the Hundertwasser Art Forum is dedicating itself to a central facet of his artistic work: printmaking. Hundertwasser mastered classical techniques such as lithography, screen printing and etching, as well as innovative processes, which he expanded to include photolithography, embossed printing and fluorescent colours. Working closely with printers, he created complex works with extraordinary luminosity, haptic depth and ever-changing colour variations.
For the first time, the exhibition offers a comprehensive look behind the scenes of Hundertwasser’s original artwork. On display are printing blocks, design plates, handwritten notes, photographs and test prints that illustrate the experimental and multi-layered creative process behind his works. The exhibition highlights how Hundertwasser understood printmaking as an independent art form – as a space of boundless diversity that cannot be achieved by the painter’s brush alone.
Image: Hundertwasser 704 ZWIEBELTURMSUPPE, 1971 • © 2024 NAMIDA AG, Glarus/CH
The artist about himself
To be happy, a person does not need external wealth but an inner wealth of the soul.
A visionary: Friedensreich Hundertwasser
Hundertwasser was a romantic utopian, unconventional outsider and ecological visionary whose work continues to fascinate to this day.
With sustainable building projects and his art, he united nature, people and creativity into a harmonious whole. His architecture emphasises romanticism, individuality and environmental awareness, while his writings and actions called for the protection of nature and its return to everyday life.
His uncompromising lifestyle, characterised by frugality and independence, created space for artistic freedom. His commitment to the development of individual creativity makes him a symbolic figure of non-conformist, environmentally oriented initiatives, whose impact extends into today’s ecology movement.
Image: Hundertwasser – Foto Gerhard Krömer • © 2024 NAMIDA AG, Glarus/CH
Contact art forum Lindau
Art forum at the island train station
Maximilianstraße 52
88131 Lindau
Opening hours
From 28 March 2026
Daily from 10:00 to 18:00
The museum building is accessible for people with disabilities.
Tel: +49 8382 274 747 850
Email: museum@kultur-lindau.de
Re-Opening of Cavazzen
After more than six years of renovation work, the Cavazzen is reopening its doors. From mid-May, the museum at the heart of Lindau Island invites you on a journey through the centuries and presents itself with a modern concept, exciting exhibits and timeless charm.
