Gugging

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The Maria Gugging Psychiatric Clinic was a psychiatric institution located in the suburb of Maria Gugging on the outskirts of Vienna, Austria. During the Nazi era hundreds of mental patients were murdered or abused at Gugging as part of the Nazi Aktion T4 program. In the post-war era, several of its patients became known for their Outsider Art and are referred to as the Gugging Artists. Today, several artists live in a dedicated art center at the former clinic site, known as the Art Brut Center Gugging (or just Gugging). There you can visit the Gugging Museum, which is dedicated to Gugging Artists and international art brut. Visitors can also buy art at the Gugging Gallery.

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1. date of foundation: 1981 — source: Wikipedia · confidence 0.95
2. publication date: 1965 — source: Wikipedia · confidence 0.95

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1. Wikipedia https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1367320329