Pieter Bruegel in Vienna

Posted on September 24, 2018 by worldcityguides

The Museum of Fine Arts (Kunsthistorisches Museum) in Vienna will host the most fantastic Pieter Bruegel exhibition ever in the period between October 2nd (2018) and January 13th (2019).

During this amazing event in the most famous of all museums in Vienna, you can see more than half of the extant works of Pieter Bruegel the Elder on display. All in all, a total of forty paintings, sixty drawings and eighty prints can be attributed to him today. This exhibition is taking part in commemorating this fantastic artist, as it is 450 years since his death in 2019.

One of the most famous works of Pieter Bruegel - The Tower of Babel — One of the most famous works of Pieter Bruegel – The Tower of Babel

This exhibition will put pictures and works on display that has never ever been exhibited outside their own “hometowns” earlier.

What makes Pieter Bruegel so interesting is the fact that his images are easy to like and enjoy. He was a storyteller, a social critic, and a satirist at the same time.

There will be daily guided tours presenting this exhibition at the museum at 11.00, 12.00, 13.00, 14.00, 15.00 and 16.00. This is ideal for those who want to get an even deeper dive into Pieter Bruegel and his works during this exhibition.

Enjoy this fantastic exhibition in Vienna. For more information about other exhibitions, events, and interesting things happening in Vienna, read in our Vienna Guide. You can read more about the Museum of Fine Arts in Vienna here.

Claude Monet exhibition in Vienna

Posted on August 10, 2018 by worldcityguides

Claudio Monet lived between 1840 and 1926, and he is among the most famous painters ever. He is the greatest character within the impressionist movement, and from September 21st you can an exhibition in Albertina dedicated to him.

Beautiful Monet art in Albertina - Source: Albertina.at — Beautiful Monet art in Albertina – Source: Albertina.at

Vienna is a city for art lovers. Not only do they have the fantastic Museum of Fine Arts, but they also have the Albertina museum. The latter has some Monet works in their permanent exhibition as well, but for this temporary exhibition, they will bring in even more Monet works from other art galleries and collections worldwide.

The gardens of Giverny are famous among people who love art today, but they would never have been so if it wasn’t for Monet. But, how did Monet end up being the number one impressionist in the world? If you visit the Claudio Monet exhibition in Albertina you can see how he went from being a realist painter to become an impressionist. No longer did he only paint what he saw, but he also set a new trend in creating abstract art.

Want to visit the Monet exhibition in Vienna? It will be on display in Albertina from September 21st until January 6th in 2019.

You can read more about the exhibition in the official press release here. Want to know more about Vienna? Visit our Vienna Guide for more information, news, and beautiful pictures.

Peter Paul Rubens in the Museum of Fine Arts

Posted on June 6, 2017September 8, 2017 by worldcityguides

Did you know that the Museum of Fine Arts (Kunsthistorisches museum) owns more than 40 works by Peter Paul Rubens and his workshop? From October 2017 you can see these and even more paintings on a special Rubens exhibition in the museum.

Peter Paul Rubens is without a doubt one of the greatest Flemish painters in history. If you come to the Museum of Fine Arts in Vienna to discover the greatness of the painter you will not only see famous Rubens works, but you can also see how he developed and changed throughout his lifetime, and also influenced by others. To see how he was influenced you can also see minor works from Titian or Caravaggio at the exhibition.

The exhibition in the Museum of Fine Arts in Vienna will open at October 21st and stay available till January 21st. This means that Christmas market visitors coming to discover the beautiful Christmas markets of Vienna, also can enjoy some hours inside the museum to get warm and learn more about the amazing Rubens.

The museum is open from Tuesday till Sunday in this period of the year, with opening at 10.00 and open till 18.00. On Thursday evenings the museum has prolonged opening time and will remain open till 21.00.

For more information about other exhibitions and events in Vienna, look around in our Vienna Guide. You can read more about the exhibition itself right here.

Three birthday exhibitions in the Museum of Fine Art

Posted on October 25, 2016 by worldcityguides

The Museum of Fine Arts in Vienna is celebrating its 125 year anniversary in 2016. This celebration now continues with an exhibition in three parts giving information about the year of the inauguration of the museum, 1891.

It was on October 17th in 1891 that Emperor Franz Joseph officially opened, or inaugurated, the Museum of Fine Arts at its present location in Vienna. And to celebrate this grand opening 125 years ago visitors to the Museum of Fine Arts can enjoy an exhibition in three parts in the museum. These exhibitions all focus on the opening year 1891.

museum-of-fine-arts-vienna — Dundanim / Shutterstock

The first part of the exhibition deals with the construction of the building itself. Here you can see pictures from the construction and get some insight in how they progressed with the work on the building.
The second part is in memory of the painter Julius Victor Berger. He is a painter the world has almost forgotten about, but this exhibition in the Museum of Fine Arts will for sure help give this painter some more attention.
The third part shows how the museum evolved from 1891 and for the first 30 years. How did the museum become as big as it is today? What kind of pictures were exhibited back then and what did the museum look like?

If you want to enjoy this exhibition in the Museum of Fine Arts in Vienna, then go ahead and visit it right away.

The exhibition will be on display from the 18th of October until the 29th of January in 2017. You can read more about about other programs and happenings in Vienna here in our Vienna Guide. And if you come to Vienna before Christmas do not forget about the beautiful Christmas markets the city has to show!

Exhibition on celebration

Posted on April 29, 2016October 25, 2016 by worldcityguides

The Museum of Fine Arts in Vienna is celebrating 125 years in 2016 and they are celebrating it with an exhibition portraying the history of celebration, or something like that!

On this special occasion they have borrowed some fantastic works of arts from for example Prado in Madrid and from Victoria and Albert Museum in London. In addition they have also gathered together their best pieces and used them all to create this fantastic exhibition giving us insight on the art of celebration and how it has evolved throughout history. You can read more about the entire exhibition on the official site for the Museum of Fine Arts in Vienna.

The exhibition opened on March 8th in 2016 and will be available all the way until September 11th.

If the sun is shining while you are in Vienna do not forget to go for a stroll in one of the beautiful parks in the city, whereof the most beautiful might be the park area around Schonbrunn. And if you want to watch Euro 2016 while in Vienna then there will be plenty of bars and restaurants showing all the matches, you can probably also watch the games on the TV in your hotel room (read about the best hotels in Vienna here) as ORF will broadcast Euro 2016 in Austria or you can watch the matches online.

Have fun in Vienna and for more information on what’s going on in the city, about attractions and restaurants, read on here in our Vienna Guide!

The masterpieces of the Renaissance

Posted on February 26, 2015November 13, 2015 by worldcityguides

The exhibition ‘Realms of Imagination: Albert Altdorfer and the Expressivity of Art around 1500’ will be shown at the Kunsthistorisches Museum from the middle of March to the middle of June in 2015.

This major exhibition focuses on the most beautiful and striking paintings north of the Alps. The exhibition shows paintings from the 1500 and the most amazing pieces of the Renaissance. At the exhibition visitors will have the chance to get to know Albert Altdorfer and his art works as well as other outstanding painters’ works such as Wolf Huber or Master IP. Albert Altdorfer was a German Renaissance painter and architect who was born in c. 1480 and he died in 1538. Along with Wolf Huber and Lucas Cranach the Elder were the main representatives of the famous Danube School so at the exhibition visitors will have the chance to have a closer look on the pictures of the school as well. The exhibition on the most beautiful Renaissance paintings will be held at the Kunsthistorisches Museum in Vienna from 17th March 2015 to 14th June 2014. The opening hours of the museum from June to August: it is open every day from 10 am to 6pm except on Thursday when it is open from 10 am to 9 pm. From September to May the museum is open from Tuesday to Sunday from 10 am to 6 pm except on Thursday when is it open from 10 am to 9 pm.

Kunsthistorisches Museum
Maria-Theresien-Platz, 1010 Wien, Austria

For more information on the museum and the exhibition check the following site.

Sturtevant exhibition

Posted on January 21, 2015 by worldcityguides

For the very first time an exhibition on Sturtevant will be shown at the Albertina Museum. Sturtevant was an American painter who is best known for appropriation art.

This will be the first major exhibition on the art works of Sturtevant at the Albertina Museum and in total 100 different drawings, prints, images and paintings will be shown for the visitors. The art works present the the artist’s creative process mostly the period between 1964 and 2004. At the exhibition visitors can have a closer look on the 80 drawings which are exhibited the first time and discover more on the remarkable work of Sturtevant. Sturtevant started her career in 1965 and the drawings from this period of time help to understand the process and the motivation the artist had. All the works of Sturtevant are copies of other artist and she mainly focused on the works of the American artists such as Roy Lichtenstein, Claes Oldenburg, Jasper Johns and Andy Warhol.

The exhibition Sturtevant: Drawing Double Reversal will take place at the Albertina Museum in Vienna from 14th February to 10th May in 2015.

Albertina Museum
Albertinaplatz 1, 1010 Wien, Austria

If you want to know more on the exhibitiosn in the Albertina museum, click here.

Emperor Charles V Captures Tunis

Posted on January 19, 2015November 13, 2015 by worldcityguides

The exhibition ‘Emperor Charles V Captures Tunis’ is shown at the Kunsthistorisches Museum in Vienna until the end of September in 2015.

At the exhibition visitors have the chance to recall a little piece of history through various paintings. The exhibition shows the documentary on the war to reconquer the Kingdom of Tunis from the Ottomans and the Tunis Cartoons are in the main focus at the exhibition. Visitors can explore the ten monumental cartoons of the war by Jan Cornelisz Vermeyen and at the exhibition visitors can discover even more on the war and on the history through the beautiful art works of Jan Cornelisz Vermeyen and another Flemish painter, Pieter Coecke van Aelst. Each of the cartoons show the details and one or two events of the campaign.

The ‘Emperor Charles V Captures Tunis’ takes place at the Kunsthistorisches Museum in the capital city of Austria in Vienna. The exhibition is held from 7th May 2013 to 20th September 2015. The museum June to August is open from every day from 10 am to 6 pm except on Thursday when it is open from 10 am to 9 pm. From September to May the museum is open from Tuesday to Sunday from 10 am to 6 pm and on Thursday it is open from 10 am to 9 pm.

Kunsthistorisches Museum
Maria-Theresien-Platz, 1010 Wien, Austria

For more information on the exhibition and the museum check the official site.

Comprehensive exhibition in Vienna 2015

Posted on January 15, 2015 by worldcityguides

The dream archive from the Musèe d’Orsay will visit the Albertina Museum for a few weeks and make it possible to the visitors to explore some of the most beautiful art works of the different artists and at the exhibition visitors will also have the chance to discover the most outstanding and most popular artists of the French art.

The visitors will have a comprehensive picture on the different forms of art through the various paintings shown at the exhibition. At the exhibition over 130 masterpieces will be presented to the visitors including some of the biggest names of art such as Paul Cèzanne, François Millet, Giovanni Segantini, Renoir, Maillol and so on. At the exhibition various forms of art will be also shown through the colourful works of symbolism and impressionism. At the exhibition drawings, chalk sketches and paintings will be shown to the visitors who can explore the different styles and eras of art and how it changed through the years and centuries.

The exhibition “the dream archive” from the Musèe d’Orsay will take place at the Albertina Museum in the capital city of Austria in Vienna from 30th January to 3rd May in 2015.

Albertina Museum
Albertinaplatz 1, 1010 Wien, Austria

For more information on the museum read on in the following article.

Human footprint

Posted on November 21, 2014 by worldcityguides

There is an extremely unique exhibition about the Earth in the capital of Austria, in Vienna. The exhibition is already shown from this year November and it will be open until next year March.

This exhibition shows a wide range of different satellite images of the Earth. The exhibition focuses on mostly the impacts on the planet by humans. At the exhibition visitors have the chance to see our planet from a totally new and unexpected perspective for the very first time. The exhibition displays over fifty large format satellite images of the surface of Earth and its beautiful landscapes, seas and mountains. Along side all the beauties of Earth there are also shocking pictures of the human settlement, mining, agriculture, energy and traffic as well. The exhibition shows how the human race changes the natural surface of the planet and how it is influences the upcoming generations lives. The exhibition Human Footprint is on display at the Naturhistorisches Museum Wien in Vienna. The exhibition is held from 5th November 2014 to 8th March 2015.

Museum of Natural History
Burgring 7, 1010 Wien, Austria

If you want to know more on the exhibition and the museum check the official site for more information.