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Empress Elisabeth of Austria.

Wed 28 Oct, 09:00

Imperial Carriage Museum (Kaiserliche Wagenburg )

A pretty, young girl from the country conquers the heart of the world’s most desirable bachelor. Although as his wife she became a favourite of the masses, she was profoundly unhappy, and eventually died a violent death. This is the stuff…

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Imperial Speed

Wed 28 Oct, 09:00

Imperial Carriage Museum (Kaiserliche Wagenburg )

The Imperial Carriage Museum houses an object that is as extraordinary as it is ultra-modern: the “art car” designed in 2014 by the artist collective Sabina Lang and Daniel Baumann for racing driver Ferdinand Habsburg. With his first…

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Viennese Fashion across Four Centuries

Wed 28 Oct, 09:00

Wien Museum Karlsplatz

Color is far more than a surface. It speaks to our senses, signals belonging, and mirrors social orders. The new exhibition presents a fascinating cultural history of color through some 350 garments from the Wien Museum’s unique fashion…

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Vienna. My History

Wed 28 Oct, 09:00

Wien Museum Karlsplatz

The new permanent exhibition Vienna. My History takes visitors on a journey through the centuries. Over 1,700 objects, from prehistoric to contemporary times, await across three levels and 35,000 square feet. The exhibition focuses on…

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Picture this!

Wed 28 Oct, 09:00

Upper Belvedere (Oberes Belvedere)

Artists in their time: How does an era shape its art? How do artists respond to upheavals and crises while themselves being part of social developments? This presentation of the collection looks beyond a purely stylistic history of art to…

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Exhibition at the Dom Museum on the Relationship Between Animals and Humans

Wed 28 Oct, 10:00

Dom Museum Wien (Dom Museum Wien)

The relationship between animals and humans - as formative as it is fraught with conflict - is the subject of this exhibition at Dom Museum Wien. It explores the various facets of our coexistence, examines the differences and similarities…

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Made in Austria. Furniture Design 1948–1960

Wed 28 Oct, 10:00

Vienna Furniture Museum

The exhibition showcases new furniture designed to represent the Second Republic on state occasions, chic furnishings for the emerging espresso bar culture, and modern interiors for all levels of society. In the 1950s, modern furniture…

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OTTO MEETS ALBERTINA

Wed 28 Oct, 10:00

Albertina

He is one of the most well-known comedy legends in the German-speaking world: Otto Waalkes. His serious (?) artistic ambitions are less known. As a painter, he has made his iconic character roam art history. During his time in an artists’…

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Vienna 1900

Wed 28 Oct, 10:00

Leopold Museum

The Leopold Museum is a unique treasury of Viennese Modernism and the Wiener Werkstätte. The new permanent exhibition “Vienna 1900. Birth of Modernism” offers insights into the enormous abundance and diversity of the artistic and…

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Sense and Sensibility

Wed 28 Oct, 10:00

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Halloween und der Besuch aus dem All

Wed 28 Oct, 10:00

Wien Museum

Tourist:innen aus dem All machen Herbsturlaub in Wien. Nach langen Jahren in der Schwerelosigkeit müssen sie sich erst an die Erdanziehung gewöhnen – und entdecken dabei staunend ihre Sinne. Alles ist neu und aufregend! Besonders…

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A Muslim, a Christian, and a Jew - Eran Shakine

Wed 28 Oct, 10:00

Jewish Museum Vienna (Jüdisches Museum Wien)

The Israeli artist Eran Shakine (*1962) gives every one of his paintings the same title: “A Muslim, a Christian and a Jew…” – almost as if he were about to tell a joke. In his large-scale works, he humorously explores the question of…

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Terminal Piece

Wed 28 Oct, 10:00

mumok – Museum of Modern Art Ludwig Foundation Vienna

Terminal Piece is an exhibition in five acts, anchored by a single artwork: the installation Terminal Piece (1972) by artist, activist, and author Kate Millett. As the first acquisition made under mumok’s new directorship, it foregrounds…

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einfach modern (simply modern)

Wed 28 Oct, 10:00

Augarten Porcelain Manufactory

Simply modern? Stripes, stars, dots, lightning flashes or just a smooth surface in monochrome colours such as blue and radiant orange. What were the thoughts behind these décors? This refreshing originality is the subject of the Augarten…

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Monet to Picasso

Wed 28 Oct, 10:00

Albertina

The Albertina houses one of Europe’s most important compilations of Modernist art in the form of the Batliner Collection. Its permanent display starts off with such artists of Impressionism and Post-Impressionism as Degas, Cézanne,…

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Tolia Astakhishvili

Wed 28 Oct, 10:00

mumok – Museum of Modern Art Ludwig Foundation Vienna

In keeping with a recurring motif in the work of artist Tolia Astakhishvili, the artist’s first solo museum exhibition will proceed from the concept of the “figure of the child”. In this context, the child embodies both a high degree of…

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Hot Questions – Cold Storage

Wed 28 Oct, 10:00

Az W – Architekturzentrum Wien

The Permanent Collection of the Architekturzentrum Wien opened providing insights into the most significant and extensive collection of Austrian architecture of the 20th and 21st centuries. The focus is on the investigation of key…

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Crime Scene Ephesus

Wed 28 Oct, 10:00

Neue Burg

A mysterious tomb, an scandalous murder, a world in turmoil – in Ephesus, one of the most magnificent cities of the ancient world, Cleopatra’s sister Arsinoë was murdered under circumstances that remain unexplained to this day. What role…

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Klimt Lost

Wed 28 Oct, 10:00

Klimt Villa

The permanent exhibition is on display in and around Klimt’s studio – the only exhibition to be housed in a place where he worked. Especially in Vienna, but in fact all over the world, Klimt has come to seem ubiquitous. His art has become…

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Picasso - Bacon

Wed 28 Oct, 10:00

Albertina

This major show undertakes an exciting juxtaposition of the 20th century’s two most important figurative painters: Pablo Picasso and Francis Bacon. Bacon was inspired to become a painter by Picasso’s works. Throughout his life, he would…