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Vienna is the capital, most populous city, and one of the nine states of Austria. It is Austria's primate city, with just over two million inhabitants.
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THE WORLD IN FOCUS
Albertina
Today, photography and travel are inextricably linked – yet this connection dates back to the establishment of the new medium in the nineteenth century. The exhibition The World in Focus is dedicated to travel and…
Lebt und arbeitet in Wien Contemporary Art from Vienna
Kunsthalle Wien
Kunsthalle Wien presents the most extensive survey of the Viennese contemporary art scene organised by the institution in over a decade. For six months, across all of its spaces in the Museumsquartier and Karlsplatz,…
20 Years of VIENNA DESIGN WEEK
MAK – Museum of Applied Arts
A City Full of Posters
Tolia Astakhishvili
mumok — Museum moderner Kunst
with Zurab Astakhishvili, Aurel, Ştefan Bertalan, Kaucyila Brooke, Veronica Brovall, Günter Brus, Elene Chantladze, James Ensor, Nan Goldin, Yaryna Fedoriv, Irma Gubeladze, Ull Hohn, Paul Joostens, Louise Lawler,…
A Muslim, a Christian, and a Jew - Eran Shakine
Jewish Museum Vienna
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…
HOPE
Museum of Military History
As part of Vienna Art Week 2026, the HGM presents the Austrian premiere of HOPE, a short film by Iranian filmmaker Maryam Kouhestani, from 6 November. The poetic work by artist Maryam Kouhestani is devoted to the…
DALPRA
Künstlerhaus Wien
From the Werner Trenker Collection
JJJJJerome Ellis
Secession
An unfinished calendar that commemorates slaves escaping their enslavers, 1673–1886
Bernhard Leitner
Secession
SOUNDSPACESCULPTURE
Lap-See Lam
Secession
192 Wing Lok Street
In Motion
Vienna Museum of Science and Technology
Moving one and a half tonnes by muscle power? Being on the lookout while travelling at the speed of sound? And how do animals get around? The “In Motion” exhibition shows how mobility works.
The Image Generator
Wien Museum
Karl Heinz Koller
Condensations
Wien Museum
Heliane Wiesauer Reiterer
Good architecture needs good clients
Architekturzentrum Wien
It emerges where courage, responsibility, and a creative drive meet architectural expertise—and where extraordinary solutions become possible through a collaborative…
Innovation Corner: Power Forward
Vienna Museum of Science and Technology
What technical innovations are currently underway? What ideas and inventions from Austria could change our world? The new exhibition series showcases current cutting-edge developments.
OTTO MEETS ALBERTINA
Albertina
He is one of the most well-known comedy legends in the German-speaking world: Otto Waalkes. And he has played this role for a while. Generations have laughed about his wordplay and musical parodies. His legendary films,…
VASARELY & ADRIAN
Albertina
Dynamic Grids
Erna Rosenstein
Belvedere
On the Other Side of Silence
Zanele Muholi We Are Here
Foto Arsenal Wien
The direct, focused gaze is confident and uncompromising yet vulnerable and powerful—a tension that is also reflected in the way the clothing is styled. In this selfportrait, photographer Zanele Muholi wears a bow tie,…
Eric Asamoah As Our Hearts Bow
Foto Arsenal Wien
In Lucy’s Shoe I (2026), Eric Asamoah focuses on a seemingly ordinary object: a shoe of his grandmother Lucy. The aged leather, the wrinkles, and the traces of use tell of an eventful life, journeys taken, and…
HERBERT BOECKL – HANS JOSEPHSOHN
Leopold Museum
Figural Archetypes
VALLY WIESELTHIER
MAK – Museum of Applied Arts
Ceramic Sculptor
Glaciers out of balance
Natural History Museum Vienna
Hallway, Level 1
Tiffany Sia Overt Listening
Kunsthalle Wien
Kunsthalle Wien presents the first institutional solo exhibition in Austria by Tiffany Sia (b. 1988, Hong Kong). Overt Listening is centred around a new film which takes as its subject the Kinmen Islands in Taiwan, just…