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2019 - A year full of cultural highlights

Lectures at the PURADIES in Leogang

"Those who find beautiful meanings in beautiful things - those are cultivated." Oscar Wilde

In 2019, our guests can expect two exciting spring lectures with the two best seller authors Bernhard Aichner & Oliver Bottini as well as vernissages of modern art with the regional artists Albert Dschulnigg and Michael Lang.

Lectures and vernissages

Lecture Alex Beer

On Saturday, 7 September, the Austrian best seller author Alex Beer will cast a spell over our guests. Alex Beer, born in Bregenz, studied archeology and lives in Vienna. After “Der zweite Reiter”, which was highly praised by the press and awarded with the Leo Perutz prize for crime novels, the second volume of the thrilling series, “Die rote Frau”, is now published.

Lecture Andreas Gruber

On 26 October at 8 pm the world-known thriller author Andreas Gruber will read from his thriller "Todesmal" which will be published in August. The author was already nominated for the Friedrich Glauser crime novel prize and two times for the Leo Perutz crime novel prize of the city of Vienna. Moreover, he is a multiple winner of the Vincent Prize and the Deutscher Phantastik Preis (German Fantasy Prize).

Vernissage Albert Dschulnigg

On 15 July 2019 we are very proud to welcome the artist Albert Dschulnigg from Leogang with his modern artwork. Albert Dschulnigg has been painting professionally for 10 years and has already exhibited his works at several vernissages. The artist paints with acryl on canvas and is specialised on portraits of special characters. On Monday, 15 July, the PURADIES becomes a breath-taking gallery.