Today we are often confronted with deceptive imitations of reality; it is frequently maintained that it is possible to create a work of art without an artist being involved. This challenges us to develop criteria with which we can recognise genuine achievements arising out of individual creative activities. Art as the language in which hearts can speak to each other is a higher means of communication that connects all human beings: it does not allow itself to be distracted by lies and by artificiality. This is not the expression of a noble ideal, rather, the ideal can become lived and living reality. Let us go in search of the sources of the living powers of creation, which are at the foundations of genuine art!

2025 is the hundredth anniversary of Rudolf Steiner’s death. Meeting in Vienna seems an obvious choice as this was the city in which Steiner was a student, received vital impulses for his work and had significant meetings..He also held his first lecture on art in Vienna. Between 1860 and 1918 Vienna was in many ways a major centre of European culture. This was the place where standards were set for the further development of modern art not only in music but only in architecture, painting and sculpture.

The Ascension Conference 2025 in Vienna is a joint initiative of the Visual Arts Section at the Goetheanum and the Austrian Section Group.
Please check the supporting programme, see the flyer on the back, with separate registration.

Further details such as programme, speakers and working groups can be found here in the flyer

Online conference registration