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Over the last 15 years, hundreds of exhibitions have resulted in a collection that is unique in Europe in its persistence in asking this question. In ten sections, the exhibition curated by Johannes Rauchenberger explores a gap in current museum practice that cannot be filled: a museum for God. Its codes, its \u2018iconography,\u2019 the contradictions in its images, the (blind) faith of its witnesses, the plight of contemporary fundamentalism, the dream of uniting knowledge and belief, and the poetics of coming to terms with \u2018last things\u2019 unfold in a wide variety of works on three floors. The attic of the old monastery is also included. Each of the works tells its own exhibition story, its concept, its esprit. With all this, this first show builds a \u2018meta-narrative\u2019 about different aspects of religion in contemporary art, which from now on can be experienced as a \u2018permanent collection\u2019 at KULTUM.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Works by Iris Christine Aue, Fritz Bergler, Anna &amp; Bernhard Blume, Julia Bornefeld, Guillaume Bru\u00e8re, Danica Daki\u0107, Michael Endlicher, Manfred Erjautz, Lorenz Estermann, Heribert Friedl, Hermann Glettler, Reinhild Gerum, Dorothee Golz, G.R.A.M., Peggy and Thomas Henke, Bertram Hasenauer, Werner Hofmeister, Jochen H\u00f6ller, Lena Knilli, Zenita Komad, Nina Kovacheva, Zlatko Kopljar, Julia Krahn, Paul Albert Leitner, Gerhard Lojen, Muntean\/Rosenblum, Alois Neuhold, ninavale, Adrian Paci, Hannes Priesch, Werner Reiterer, Bettina Rheims \/ Serge Bramly, Keiko Sadakane, Claudia Schink, Ruth Schnell, Nina Schuiki, Petra Sterry, Michael Triegel, Lidwien van de Ven, Mark Wallinger, Markus Wilfling, Eduard Winklhofer, Maaria Wirkkala, Daphna Weinstein, Daniel A. 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