The 2025 exhibition "herrera & dubuffet: A Spark of Light in This World" at Museum Gugging focuses on the work of Uruguay's Magalí Herrera (1914–1992). This retrospective, the first in the German-speaking world, follows its 2024 showing at the Collection de l'Art Brut in Lausanne. Herrera, who engaged in a fascinating correspondence with Jean Dubuffet, the founder of Art Brut, had her detailed works included in the Lausanne collection.

The artist created her work during an eight-year period starting in 1973, before she tragically took her own life in 1981. Albertina's art is characterized by passionate self-representation and the creative positioning of the female body in space, within the context of conceptual photography and performance. Her work explores themes of femininity, vulnerability, and creative self-expression.

The careers of Rosalia Rothansl (1870–1945) and Mileva Stoisavljevic-Roller (1886–1949) exemplify the professionalization of female artists, following the opening of the former Vienna School of Arts and Crafts to women and its modernist artistic direction in the early 20th century. Rothansl was one of the first women in Central Europe to hold a professorship, mentoring artists like Friedl Dicker-Brandeis, Elisabeth Karlinsky, Vally Wieselthier, and Emmy Zweybrück in textile techniques..

Enjoy a week of art featuring a diverse range of Austrian and international galleries, with a mix of established and emerging artists. The fair also offers a dynamic program that fosters dialogue about art.