SPECIAL EXHIBITION

Mozart Pictures
Pictures of Mozart
A Portrait Between Imagination and Reality  

Exhibition in the Mozart Residence, Makartplatz 8,  26 January - 31 October 2013

White wig, red coat – this image of Wolfgang Amadé Mozart has become a firmly established cliché. In this exhibition, the Salzburg Mozarteum Foundation shows a more differentiated picture of him.Valuable international loans will be on display, as well as pictures from the Foundation's own collection, presenting a fascinating juxtaposition of diverse historical portraits of Mozart, never before exhibited in this form. Authenticated portraits are compared with those of debatable authorship.

What is "authentic"? Which portrait comes closest to reality, and how has today's typical Mozart image evolved? Questions are raised, and pictures put up for discussion.

A catalogue will be published by Anton Pustet Verlag Salzburg, with essays on current research and illustrations of all the exhibits.

To accompany the exhibition, Galerie Thaddaeus Ropac will present pictures by Marc Brandenburg and Bernhard Martin in the foyer of the Mozarteum, Schwarzstrasse 28.

Guided tours:

Public guided tours

Thursday: 11 a.m.
Saturday: 2 p.m.
Dual-language: German/English
Meeting-point: Ticket desk in the Mozart Residence
 

Guided tours for groups

On request: German, English, French, Italian
Contact: museum.service@mozarteum.at
Guided tours for schools: www.mozarteum.at/klangkarton

Visit the Foundation's autograph vault to see a small special exhibition on the theme of Pictures of Mozart.
Thursday: 12 midday (following the public guided tour)
Dual-language: German/English
Meeting-point: Ticket desk in the Mozart Residence (max. no. 25)

Accompanying programme: Mozart im Film, in the Mozart Audio-Visual Collection, Mozart Residence (mezzanine):  Tuesday: 2 p.m.

Contemporary pictures by Marc Brandenburg  and Bernhard Martin (Galerie Ropac) are on view in the foyer of the Mozarteum, Schwarzstrasse 28, while the building is open for concerts and following the public guided tours.