NewsOpenings
Sigmund Freud Museum reopens in Vienna after a €4m expansion
Family's private apartment, displays about psychoanalysis and collection of conceptual art go on view
Newscoronavirus
Austria’s federal museums close to prevent coronavirus spread
Albertina delays planned opening of new Vienna museum of modern art
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Works by Cézanne, Matisse and Van Gogh from private Swiss collection head to Vienna's Albertina
The Hahnloser Collection paintings are being lent to the Austrian museum while the Winterthur villa where they usually reside undergoes renovations
NewsKunsthalle Wien
Are three heads better than one? How to run a museum as a collective
Curatorial group WHW (What, How & for Whom), who are joint directors of Vienna’s Kunsthalle, on their experimental approach to museum leadership and exhibitions
NewsMuseums
Will new €50m Albertina Modern museum revolutionise Vienna’s contemporary art scene?
Satellite venue of historic Albertina is to focus on Austrian and international art made after 1945
NewsAlbrecht Dürer
Possible Dürer discovered above souvenir shop in Vienna's cathedral
Experts believe underdrawing in St Stephen’s is first evidence that the master worked in the Austrian capital
BlogDiary
Is a romantic dinner in the company of Klimt’s The Kiss an option—or not?
NewsArt market
'Close to Raphael' Madonna sells for €1.27m at Vienna’s Dorotheum
A leading Italian art historian attributed it to Raphael and associates before the sale
NewsArt market
Is this a Raphael? Madonna and Child painting to be auctioned at Dorotheum in Vienna
The work, previously unknown to scholars, was until now in a private ducal collection
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Albertina’s Albrecht Dürer drawings enjoy a rare outing
Exhibition will bring together Vienna museum’s collection with key loans from European institutions, as well as unveiling a raft of new theories
PreviewExhibitions
The music of Mark Rothko finally sounds in the land of Mozart
First exhibition in Austria reveals Abstract Expressionist’s identification with the work of the Old Masters
PreviewExhibitions
More to Viennese Modernism than Klimt and Schiele: new show on forgotten female artists
Organisers had to delve deep into the Belvedere archives and visit artist's descendants to assemble the exhibition
NewsThree to see
Three exhibitions to see in Vienna this weekend
From a busy Bruegel blockbuster to a whimsical Wes Anderson world conjured from the Kunsthistorisches Museum archives
NewsAlbrecht Dürer
Dürer used his famous Praying Hands drawing to advertise his talent
Chief curator of Vienna’s Albertina argues that the work, which shows the artist's own hands, was a finished work rather than preparatory drawing
NewsVienna
Albertina Museum director defends landmark gift of Essl collection
Klaus Albrecht Schröder says contemporary art acquisitions, criticised by Austrian Court of Audit, will fill a gap in country’s public museums
NewsAustria
Austria returns wrong Klimt to wrong family
Painting of apple trees is pulled from exhibition after admission that its restitution was a mistake
NewsVienna
Austrian culture minister Gernot Blümel ‘is a no-show’, claims opposition
Austrian People’s Party politician has refused to schedule parliamentary culture committee meetings and has overseen a decline in the culture budget
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Niko Pirosmani: the ‘vagabond’ who inspired the Russian avant-garde
The self-taught artist, whose work commands surprisingly high prices at auction, is the subject of an exhibition at Vienna's Albertina museum
NewsDonations
Vienna’s Albertina museum receives €90m donation of 1,323 works from Essl Collection
Works will be shown in a new home for contemporary art opening next year
NewsConservation & Preservation
Death triumphs: Museo del Prado completes challenging two-year-long Bruegel restoration
Newly conserved danse macabre work travels to Vienna for major exhibition marking 450 years since the artist's death
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Largest ever exhibition on Pieter Bruegel the Elder opens in Vienna
Show at the Kunsthistorisches Museum unites more than three-quarters of the artist's paintings
NewsArt market
‘Oversaturated’ Berlin loses two more galleries
Exile gallery has moved to Vienna, while Gillmeier Rech closes
PreviewArt market
Vienna Contemporary here to stay with decade-long venue booking
The contemporary art fair, now in its third year, made its mark at Vienna's Marx Halle
NewsArt market
Sticking the knife into the patriarchy: Artemisia Gentileschi painting to be sold for the first time in Vienna
The female Italian Baroque artist's depiction of Lucretia is thought to have been in European collection since the 19th century
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From Waldmüller to Klimt: bouquets in abundance at Vienna's Belvedere
Exhibition looks at Austrian obsession with flower painting since the 18th century
PreviewExhibitions
A hundred works for 100 years: New York’s Neue Galerie marks Klimt and Schiele's centenary
New show explores how the Austrian artists tackled “issues that we’re grappling with today”
News
German museum and auctioneer Im Kinsky tussle over looted glass goblet
Object was returned to consigner not museum from where it was looted at the end of Second World War
PreviewExhibitions
Museums pay tribute to Vienna’s visionary voyeurs, Klimt and Schiele, on 100th anniversary of their deaths
The artists are the subject of exhibitions across the Austrian capital—and beyond
BlogIn the frame
Hollywood comes to Vienna: Wes Anderson's pick of the Kunsthistorisches Museum
BlogIn the frame
Sparkling stuff: Dolce & Gabbana’s tiara design goes under the hammer at Dorotheum
NewsEthics
Should museums display human remains from other cultures?
Vienna’s Weltmuseum criticised for displaying a trophy head
BlogIn the frame
When Moon and Earth collide... how "cyborg artist" turns tremors into art
ArchiveLiechtenstein
The Prince of Liechtenstein is making another attempt to take his Coello portrait from the UK to Austria
Will the third time be lucky?
ArchiveLiechtenstein
Why the Prince of Liechtenstein shut his museum
Vienna’s Summer Palace to open for groups and receptions only
ArchiveBooks
Books: Saviour of the Habsburgs, richly rewarded
Soldier and collector Prince Eugene of Savoy’s role in the rise of the Austro-Hungarian empire
ArchiveDamien Hirst
Proposals for Hirst and Baselitz shared show at the Albertina abandoned due to artists' objections
The works will be placed in different rooms within the permanent collection after artists were unhappy with ideas for an exhibition displaying them together
ArchiveLiechtenstein
Lichtenstein's is the greatest royal collection after Britain’s—and is still growing
Prince Hans-Adam II may be spending more than any other in the world
ArchiveLiechtenstein
Prince of Liechtenstein threatens major Royal Academy show
If one of his works is not released by the UK authorities, an exhibition drawn from his collection will be pulled
ArchiveBritish Museum
Aztec headdress will not travel to British Museum show
Fragile treasure, “Moctezuma’s Crown”, is subject of restitution claims
ArchiveLiechtenstein
Biedermeier art collection to go on show in the City Palace, Vienna
The space will be the second venue in the city to host the Prince of Liechtenstein's art collection
ArchiveRestitution
For sale: works seized by Stasi
The East German intelligence service confiscated hundreds of items in the 1970s and 1980s, which are now being returned to their rightful owners and their heirs
ArchiveRestitution
Leopold Museum in Vienna accused over Nazi-looted art
Institution says restitution laws don’t apply as it is a private gallery
ArchiveCollectors
Europe’s greatest museum buyer explains the strategy behind his acquisitions
The Prince of Liechtenstein explains 'Why I have become a great collector'
ArchiveBenin Bronzes
Benin bronzes finally united in Viennese comprehensive exhibition
Major show at the Museum für Völkerkunde includes loans from current Oba
ArchiveVienna
Albertina to reopen its collection to scholars—finally
The institution has installed an impressive high-tech robotic system to store and retrieve its holdings of prints and drawings
ArchiveRestitution
Some progress in restitution of Klimt paintings, but much more needs to be done
Maria Altmann’s ongoing attempt in the US to hold Austria to account for its allegedly unlawful retention of six Klimt paintings that belonged to her family and were then looted by the Nazis has focused international attention on Austria’s often ambivalent attitude towards the matter of what should be done about Nazi-looted art in public collections
ArchiveVienna
The Prince of Liechtenstein is putting his paintings on permanent public display from March
The greatest royal collection after Britain’s—and still buying
ArchiveRestitution
Supreme Court to decide whether Austria can be sued in the US
An American citizen is claiming six Klimts from the Nationalgalerie in Vienna alleged to have been seized from her uncle by the Nazis and then unlawfully retained by Austria after the war
ArchiveCollectors
Exhibition of the largest selection of Australian Aboriginal art to have been presented in Europe
Show demonstrates the aboriginal passion of an Austrian collector
ArchiveRestitution
Galerie St Etienne honours Otto Kallir, it's founder and the saviour of “degenerate art”
"Saved From Europe" commemorates the man who brought art condemned by the Nazis to the US and worked for the restitution of looted art
ArchiveExhibitions
Andy Warhol exhibition to open in Vienna
“Andy Warhol: A Factory”, Kunsthalle at Karlplatz, Vienna, 5 February-2 May
ArchiveRestitution
Austria makes legal amends by passing a bill ensuring restitution
Works acquired in a “suspicious manner” will begin to be returned at once
ArchiveExhibitions
Breughel-Breughel exhibition marred as family battles over gallery established with funds of Nazi Alfried Krupp
The Krupps go to war again
ArchiveJoseph Beuys
Beuys breathes life into Cologne’s museum relics and inspires an exhibition in Vienna
Crucifixes and razorblades show the breadth of Beuys' production
ArchiveNazi loot
Works of art stolen from Austrian Jews by the Nazis sell out and realise $14 million, five times the estimated total
Auction was an expression of piety, not of the art market
ArchiveRestitution
Christie’s takes on sale of Jewish loot
900 works of art looted from Vienna’s Jewish community and stored in a monastery since 1955 to be sold on its behalf - It may be a PR nightmare for the auctioneers
CommentLeaders
Egon Schiele was not a sex offender
The 100th anniversary of Austrian artist’s death has arrived just in time for the #MeToo movement
Jane Kallir