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Exhibition highlights this autumn

Vienna´s museums are home to spectacular art exhibitions that are just waiting to be discovered. Let yourself be wowed by these current exhibitions.

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Crime Scene: Ephesus at the Kunsthistorisches Museum Wien, exhibition view featuring ancient artefacts — “Crime Scene Ephesus”: The fall exhibition of the Kunsthistorisches Museum Wien explores an ancient mystery involving Cleopatra, Caesar and others through an exciting audio tour. At the Neue Hofburg located on Heldenplatz. (Architectural elements of the Octagon from Ephesus) – © KHM-Museumsverband, Foto: Daniel Sostaric

Painting by Emilie Mediz-Pelikan, Female Centaur, 1895 — To mark the museum´s 250th anniversary, “Her Story. Women Artists of the Albertina” is the first comprehensive exhibition to focus on the often-overlooked female artists of the collection – from early female copperplate engravers to works from the 70s feminist movements. (Emilie Mediz-Pelikan, Female Centaur, 1895) – © ALBERTINA, Wien

Oil Painting by Pablo Picasso, Dora Maar, 1940 — In the compelling exhibition “Picasso - Bacon. What It Feels Like to Be Human", the Albertina presents the two most significant figurative painters of the 20th century, Pablo Picasso and Francis Bacon. (Pablo Picasso, Dora Maar, 1940) – © Succession Picasso / Bildrecht, Wien 2026, © Foto: bpk/Nationalgalerie, SMB, Museum Berggruen/ Jens Ziehe

Art works by Erika Giovanna Klien at the Lower Belvedere — “Erika Giovanna Klien. All Is Movement”: A comprehensive solo exhibition at the Unteres Beldedere showcases the full range of the Austrian-American artist’s work, extending beyond her early kinetic pieces. (Exhibition view) – © Johannes Stoll / Belvedere, Wien

Exhibition featuring works by Elisabeth von Samsonow at the Heidi Horten Collection — “Elisabeth von Samsonow” at the Heidi Horten Collection shows how the German-Austrian multidisciplinary artist explores ecological issues through colorful sculptures and paintings. Her works engage in a dialogue with pieces from the collection (exhibition view). – © Simon Veres

Art installation Terminal Piece by Kate Millett at the mumok — The new director of the mumok - Museum of Modern Art, Fatima Hellberg, is showcasing “Terminal Piece,” an exhibition in five acts featuring the eponymous installation by US artist Kate Millett. (exhibition view) – © Foto: Markus Wörgötter

Painting by Herbert Boeckl and sculpture by Hans Josephson — The dialogue exhibition “Herbert Boeckl / Hans Josephsohn: Figural Archetypes” at the Leopold Museum brings together, for the first time, works by two major artists of modernism - Austrian painter Herbert Boeckl and Swiss sculptor Hans Josephsohn. (Herbert Boeckl, Akt vor gelber Kiste, 1925 und Hans Josephsohn, Ohne Titel, 1969) – © Leopold Museum, Wien

Roof terrace on the Leopold Museum in the MuseumsQuartier, Vienna — The MuseumsQuartier is celebrating its 25th anniversary with “Vision and Resistance” at MQ Freiraum. The Second Republic’s largest cultural development project has transformed Vienna and polarised like few others. – © MuseumsQuartier Wien/Thomas Meyer

True Colors at the Wien Museum featuring exhibition pieces — “True Colors. Viennese fashion across four centuries” at the Wien Museum explores the significance of colors in fashion through approximately 350 garments dating from the 18th century to the present. (Exhibition view) – © Klaus Pichler, Wien Museum

Exhibition view, The Great Michelangelo is Dead! — “The Great Michelangelo is Dead! Avant-Garde and Academicism”: To mark the 300th anniversary of the founding of the Vienna Academy of Fine Arts, the exhibition brings together historic European masterpieces and contemporary art (exhibition view). – © Kunstsammlungen der Akademie der bildenden Künste Wien, Foto: Iris Ranzinger

Photograph “Farīsāt: Gunpowder’s Daughters,” a horse in the water with a female rider — Until November 22: The WestLicht Museum of Photography hosts the annual “World Press Photo" exhibition, the most important presentation of international press photography, for the 25th time. (Chantal Pinzi, Farīsāt: Gunpowder’s Daughters) – © Chantal Pinzi, Panos Pictures

Natural History Museum, 150th Anniversary Special Exhibition Featuring Animal Objects — “Good Collecting – Bad Collecting”: To mark its 150th anniversary, the Natural History Museum Vienna takes the opportunity to look back - critically, at times - on its own history. (Exhibition view) – © NHM Wien, Chloe Potter

Photo of Sigmund and his brother Alexander Freud — “Documents of Injustice. The Case of Freud” at the Sigmund Freud Museum sheds light on the last months of the Freud family in Nazi occupied Vienna and the years that followed. Newly discovered documents complement this special exhibition. (Sigmund and his brother Alexander Freud, photo from Harry Freud's album, Grinzing, 1937) – © Sigmund Freud Museum

Crime Scene: Ephesus at the Kunsthistorisches Museum Wien, exhibition view featuring ancient artefacts — “Crime Scene Ephesus”: The fall exhibition of the Kunsthistorisches Museum Wien explores an ancient mystery involving Cleopatra, Caesar and others through an exciting audio tour. At the Neue Hofburg located on Heldenplatz. (Architectural elements of the Octagon from Ephesus) – © KHM-Museumsverband, Foto: Daniel Sostaric

Painting by Emilie Mediz-Pelikan, Female Centaur, 1895 — To mark the museum´s 250th anniversary, “Her Story. Women Artists of the Albertina” is the first comprehensive exhibition to focus on the often-overlooked female artists of the collection – from early female copperplate engravers to works from the 70s feminist movements. (Emilie Mediz-Pelikan, Female Centaur, 1895) – © ALBERTINA, Wien

Oil Painting by Pablo Picasso, Dora Maar, 1940 — In the compelling exhibition “Picasso - Bacon. What It Feels Like to Be Human", the Albertina presents the two most significant figurative painters of the 20th century, Pablo Picasso and Francis Bacon. (Pablo Picasso, Dora Maar, 1940) – © Succession Picasso / Bildrecht, Wien 2026, © Foto: bpk/Nationalgalerie, SMB, Museum Berggruen/ Jens Ziehe

Art works by Erika Giovanna Klien at the Lower Belvedere — “Erika Giovanna Klien. All Is Movement”: A comprehensive solo exhibition at the Unteres Beldedere showcases the full range of the Austrian-American artist’s work, extending beyond her early kinetic pieces. (Exhibition view) – © Johannes Stoll / Belvedere, Wien

Exhibition featuring works by Elisabeth von Samsonow at the Heidi Horten Collection — “Elisabeth von Samsonow” at the Heidi Horten Collection shows how the German-Austrian multidisciplinary artist explores ecological issues through colorful sculptures and paintings. Her works engage in a dialogue with pieces from the collection (exhibition view). – © Simon Veres

Art installation Terminal Piece by Kate Millett at the mumok — The new director of the mumok - Museum of Modern Art, Fatima Hellberg, is showcasing “Terminal Piece,” an exhibition in five acts featuring the eponymous installation by US artist Kate Millett. (exhibition view) – © Foto: Markus Wörgötter

Painting by Herbert Boeckl and sculpture by Hans Josephson — The dialogue exhibition “Herbert Boeckl / Hans Josephsohn: Figural Archetypes” at the Leopold Museum brings together, for the first time, works by two major artists of modernism - Austrian painter Herbert Boeckl and Swiss sculptor Hans Josephsohn. (Herbert Boeckl, Akt vor gelber Kiste, 1925 und Hans Josephsohn, Ohne Titel, 1969) – © Leopold Museum, Wien

Roof terrace on the Leopold Museum in the MuseumsQuartier, Vienna — The MuseumsQuartier is celebrating its 25th anniversary with “Vision and Resistance” at MQ Freiraum. The Second Republic’s largest cultural development project has transformed Vienna and polarised like few others. – © MuseumsQuartier Wien/Thomas Meyer

True Colors at the Wien Museum featuring exhibition pieces — “True Colors. Viennese fashion across four centuries” at the Wien Museum explores the significance of colors in fashion through approximately 350 garments dating from the 18th century to the present. (Exhibition view) – © Klaus Pichler, Wien Museum

Exhibition view, The Great Michelangelo is Dead! — “The Great Michelangelo is Dead! Avant-Garde and Academicism”: To mark the 300th anniversary of the founding of the Vienna Academy of Fine Arts, the exhibition brings together historic European masterpieces and contemporary art (exhibition view). – © Kunstsammlungen der Akademie der bildenden Künste Wien, Foto: Iris Ranzinger

Photograph “Farīsāt: Gunpowder’s Daughters,” a horse in the water with a female rider — Until November 22: The WestLicht Museum of Photography hosts the annual “World Press Photo" exhibition, the most important presentation of international press photography, for the 25th time. (Chantal Pinzi, Farīsāt: Gunpowder’s Daughters) – © Chantal Pinzi, Panos Pictures

Natural History Museum, 150th Anniversary Special Exhibition Featuring Animal Objects — “Good Collecting – Bad Collecting”: To mark its 150th anniversary, the Natural History Museum Vienna takes the opportunity to look back - critically, at times - on its own history. (Exhibition view) – © NHM Wien, Chloe Potter

Photo of Sigmund and his brother Alexander Freud — “Documents of Injustice. The Case of Freud” at the Sigmund Freud Museum sheds light on the last months of the Freud family in Nazi occupied Vienna and the years that followed. Newly discovered documents complement this special exhibition. (Sigmund and his brother Alexander Freud, photo from Harry Freud's album, Grinzing, 1937) – © Sigmund Freud Museum

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Museum visit Albertina, two people sit on a bench and look at art — Albertina – © WienTourismus/Paul Bauer

Kunsthistorisches Museum in Vienna. A man and a woman look at paintings from the Baroque period. — Kunsthistorisches Museum Wien – © WienTourismus/Paul Bauer

The Klimt Collection at the Leopold Museum — Leopold Museum – © WienTourismus/Paul Bauer

Upper Belvedere, people looking at paintings in the interior — Upper Belvedere – © WienTourismus/Paul Bauer

Two female visitors at mumok — mumok - Museum of Modern Art Ludwig Foundation Vienna – © WienTourismus/Paul Bauer

Neue Burg

Albertina

Lower Belvedere and Orangery

Heidi Horten Collection

mumok – Museum of Modern Art Ludwig Foundation Vienna

Leopold Museum

MuseumsQuartier Vienna

Wien Museum Karlsplatz

Academy of Fine Arts, Picture Gallery (Gemäldegalerie der Akademie der bildenden Künste)

Westlicht Center for Photography

Naturhistorisches Museum Vienna (Natural History Museum)

Sigmund Freud Museum

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Belvedere 21

Dom Museum Wien

Photos in the WestLicht and OstLicht

Liechtenstein Garden Palace

Foto Arsenal Wien

Sigmund Freud Museum

Weltmuseum Wien

Heidi Horten Collection

Wiener Aktionismus Museum (Vienna Actionism Museum)

Albertina

Albertina modern

Jewish Museum