Arnulf Rainer shows Cross Works in Vienna's St. Stephen's Cathedral

For four months, the Cathedral Chapter of St. Stephen and the Werner Trenker Collection will showcase, according to Kathpress, seven crosses on wood as well as all the cross drypoint etchings that the 95-year-old artist has created since 1956.

Crosses by Arnulf Rainer in St. Stephen's Cathedral, Vienna: Stocker and Faber to Open Exhibition

Federal Chancellor Christian Stocker (ÖVP) and Cathedral Pastor Toni Faber will open the exhibition "The Cross - as a Sign that Remains" on February 17, 2026, the eve of Ash Wednesday. The exhibition will be curated by P. Friedhelm Mennekes SJ, both in terms of art history and theology. The Jesuit and founder of the renowned "Art Station Sankt Peter" in Cologne is known in the German-speaking world as a mediator between modern art and the church.

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