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Franz West and Vienna

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Wien Museum_Franz West auf der Terrasse
Franz_West_ Wolfgang Woessner, Franz West on the Terrace of the Karl-Marx-Hof, Vienna, 1985, Work of art: © Franz West Archive, © Estate Franz West

About the Event

The Vienna Museum and the Albertina modern are dedicating two solo exhibitions to the artist.

The Austrian artist Franz West achieved international renown during his lifetime. His multifaceted and at times polarizing oeuvre was presented extensively in numerous exhibitions from Vienna to New York and was awarded the Golden Lion at the Venice Biennale in 2011. 

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The Albertina modern and the Wien Museum are dedicating two solo exhibitions to the artist, who would have turned 80 on February 16, 2027; both exhibitions will open simultaneously on November 6, 2026.

At the Wien Museum, Franz West’s hometown takes center stage. Vienna inspired and unsettled the artist in equal measure. He understood the city not merely as a stage, but as material. From the color tones of postwar façades and references to Viennese Modernism to ironic reflections on Freud, Wittgenstein, and the hermetic Viennese art scene, traces of the city’s history run throughout his work.
The exhibition focuses on the artistically formative period from the late 1960s through the early 1980s. Well-known works are presented alongside lesser-known pieces and linked with biographical and historical contexts, offering new - and often amusing - insights into Franz West’s art. One of the exhibition’s key works, Quote (1985), conceals West’s childhood bed from the Karl-Marx-Hof beneath sheets of tin foil. The children’s wallpaper from the bedroom of his half-brother Otto Kobalek reappears in an early collage.

Parallel to the exhibition at the Wien Museum, the Atelier Franz West in Vienna’s 3rd district opens its doors. It was West's last studio from 1996 to 2012.

Dates

  • Fri 11/06/2026 09:00 AM – 06:00 PM
  • Sat 11/07/2026 10:00 AM – 06:00 PM
  • Sun 11/08/2026 10:00 AM – 06:00 PM
  • Tue 11/10/2026 09:00 AM – 06:00 PM
  • Wed 11/11/2026 09:00 AM – 06:00 PM
  • Thu 11/12/2026 09:00 AM – 09:00 PM
  • Fri 11/13/2026 09:00 AM – 06:00 PM
  • Sat 11/14/2026 10:00 AM – 06:00 PM
  • Sun 11/15/2026 10:00 AM – 06:00 PM
  • Tue 11/17/2026 09:00 AM – 06:00 PM
  • Wed 11/18/2026 09:00 AM – 06:00 PM
  • Thu 11/19/2026 09:00 AM – 09:00 PM
  • Fri 11/20/2026 09:00 AM – 06:00 PM
  • Sat 11/21/2026 10:00 AM – 06:00 PM
  • Sun 11/22/2026 10:00 AM – 06:00 PM
  • Tue 11/24/2026 09:00 AM – 06:00 PM
  • Wed 11/25/2026 09:00 AM – 06:00 PM
  • Thu 11/26/2026 09:00 AM – 09:00 PM
  • Fri 11/27/2026 09:00 AM – 06:00 PM
  • Sat 11/28/2026 10:00 AM – 06:00 PM
  • Sun 11/29/2026 10:00 AM – 06:00 PM
  • Tue 12/01/2026 09:00 AM – 06:00 PM
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  • Fri 04/30/2027 09:00 AM – 06:00 PM
  • Sun 05/02/2027 10:00 AM – 06:00 PM

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Discount with the Vienna City Card

Event Location

Wien Museum Karlsplatz
Vienna Museum Karlsplatz