Contemporary art is at home in St. Pölten. As a forum for the visual arts in Lower Austria, the DOK performs a variety of tasks.
The Lower Austrian Documentation Centre for Modern Art (DOK) shows important examples of contemporary culture in a lively exhibition activity, offers mediation programmes and maintains and expands the existing artist card indexes. The DOK was established in 1978 in the course of the revitalization of the Karmeliterhof in St. Pölten.
The aim of this institution is
- Documentation of contemporary art
- Archiving of data
- publications and photos
- Creating a biographical collection on Austrian artists
- Organizing exhibitions
In addition to the focus on culture from Lower Austria, the exhibitions also show art from all of Austria's provinces. Every year, the winners of the Lower Austrian Culture Prize are presented in an exhibition in St. Pölten.
