Austrian art after 1945
Figures central in Europe but rarely shown outside Austria — a collection you cannot see elsewhere.
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The original is broader and safer: a permanent collection, State Rooms and a terrace. This branch is post-1945 with rotating shows — choose it only if the current exhibition interests you.
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The Albertina's modern branch, opened in 2020 inside the Künstlerhaus: an 1868 building that was the home of the Austrian artists' association, fully restored into wide, white, high-ceilinged galleries. The collection starts in 1945 and centres on postwar Austrian art: Viennese Actionism, the Fantastic Realism school, and work by Maria Lassnig, Arnulf Rainer and VALIE EXPORT — names central to European art history and thinly represented outside Austria. International contemporary work sits alongside them. The practical point: most of what shows here is temporary, changing several times a year, so what you see depends entirely on when you come. Check the current exhibition before buying — it may be reason enough on its own, or of no interest at all. And its ticket is separate from the original Albertina despite the shared name.
Figures central in Europe but rarely shown outside Austria — a collection you cannot see elsewhere.
An 1868 building fully restored — the contrast between its classical façade and white galleries is part of the pleasure.
Karlsplatz, Vienna