Gustav Klimt and Medicine
About the Event
Images of the Flow of Life
The exhibition, which will be on display from 26 March 2026 at the Josephinum, the collections of the Medical University of Vienna, "Gustav Klimt and Medicine. Images of the Flow of Life" will open at the Josephinum, the collections of the Medical University of Vienna, on 26 March 2026. For the first time, it will comprehensively explore the diverse relationships between Klimt, science and medical progress in Vienna around 1900. It shows how much the intellectual atmosphere of the time – characterised by groundbreaking scientific discoveries, new medical methods and an open dialogue between disciplines – influenced Gustav Klimt's thinking and work.
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At the centre of the exhibition is the faculty painting "Medicine," which was destroyed in 1945 and is arguably one of the Austrian artist's most controversial, innovative, and visionary works. Following a complex, scientifically supported AI reconstruction in 2024 as part of a project between the Belvedere and Google Arts & Culture, a colorful impression of Klimt's monumental composition is now possible. This large-format version can now be seen on the facade of the Anna Spiegel Research Building on the grounds of the Vienna General Hospital (AKH).
The historic lecture hall of the Josephinum will display around 25 original Klimt drawings from renowned Austrian institutions and collections, as well as contributions from selected private collectors whose pictures have rarely been accessible to the public until now. Klimt's working processes, his exploration of physicality and his intense preoccupation with the depiction of birth, life and death will be illustrated. The exhibition is complemented by medical history exhibits from the Josephinum's collection.
Dates
- Sun 04/12/2026 10:00 AM – 06:00 PM
- Wed 04/15/2026 10:00 AM – 06:00 PM
- Thu 04/16/2026 10:00 AM – 08:00 PM
- Fri 04/17/2026 10:00 AM – 06:00 PM
- Sat 04/18/2026 10:00 AM – 06:00 PM
- Sun 04/19/2026 10:00 AM – 06:00 PM
- Wed 04/22/2026 10:00 AM – 06:00 PM
- Thu 04/23/2026 10:00 AM – 08:00 PM
- Fri 04/24/2026 10:00 AM – 06:00 PM
- Sat 04/25/2026 10:00 AM – 06:00 PM
- Sun 04/26/2026 10:00 AM – 06:00 PM
- Wed 04/29/2026 10:00 AM – 06:00 PM
- Thu 04/30/2026 10:00 AM – 08:00 PM
- Fri 05/01/2026 10:00 AM – 06:00 PM
- Sat 05/02/2026 10:00 AM – 06:00 PM
- Sun 05/03/2026 10:00 AM – 06:00 PM
- Wed 05/06/2026 10:00 AM – 06:00 PM
- Thu 05/07/2026 10:00 AM – 08:00 PM
- Fri 05/08/2026 10:00 AM – 06:00 PM
- Sat 05/09/2026 10:00 AM – 06:00 PM
- Sun 05/10/2026 10:00 AM – 06:00 PM
- Wed 05/13/2026 10:00 AM – 06:00 PM
- Thu 05/14/2026 10:00 AM – 08:00 PM
- Fri 05/15/2026 10:00 AM – 06:00 PM
- Sat 05/16/2026 10:00 AM – 06:00 PM
- Sun 05/17/2026 10:00 AM – 06:00 PM
- Wed 05/20/2026 10:00 AM – 06:00 PM
- Thu 05/21/2026 10:00 AM – 08:00 PM
- Fri 05/22/2026 10:00 AM – 06:00 PM
- Sat 05/23/2026 10:00 AM – 06:00 PM
- Sun 05/24/2026 10:00 AM – 06:00 PM
- Wed 05/27/2026 10:00 AM – 06:00 PM
- Thu 05/28/2026 10:00 AM – 08:00 PM
- Fri 05/29/2026 10:00 AM – 06:00 PM
- Sat 05/30/2026 10:00 AM – 06:00 PM
- Sun 05/31/2026 10:00 AM – 06:00 PM
- Wed 06/03/2026 10:00 AM – 06:00 PM
- Thu 06/04/2026 10:00 AM – 08:00 PM
- Fri 06/05/2026 10:00 AM – 06:00 PM
- Sat 06/06/2026 10:00 AM – 06:00 PM
- Sun 06/07/2026 10:00 AM – 06:00 PM
- Wed 06/10/2026 10:00 AM – 06:00 PM
- Thu 06/11/2026 10:00 AM – 08:00 PM
- Fri 06/12/2026 10:00 AM – 06:00 PM
- Sat 06/13/2026 10:00 AM – 06:00 PM
- Sun 06/14/2026 10:00 AM – 06:00 PM
- Wed 06/17/2026 10:00 AM – 06:00 PM
- Thu 06/18/2026 10:00 AM – 08:00 PM
- Fri 06/19/2026 10:00 AM – 06:00 PM
- Sat 06/20/2026 10:00 AM – 06:00 PM
- Sun 06/21/2026 10:00 AM – 06:00 PM
- Wed 06/24/2026 10:00 AM – 06:00 PM
- Thu 06/25/2026 10:00 AM – 08:00 PM
- Fri 06/26/2026 10:00 AM – 06:00 PM
- Sat 06/27/2026 10:00 AM – 06:00 PM
- Sun 06/28/2026 10:00 AM – 06:00 PM
More Information
Info & TicketsEvent Location
- Währinger Straße 25, 1090 Wien
- www.josephinum.ac.at
- info@josephinum.ac.at
