Vienna

Vienna offers many rewards to anyone with an interest in the arts. The city’s museums and galleries are of the highest order; the Old Master collection at the Kunsthistorisches Museum; The Leopold Museum with its works by Austrian painters; the recently opened Liechtenstein Palais with its Baroque collection are all a must. Add to this the splendour of the Habsburg palaces and the selection of musical performances at the Vienna State Opera, the Musikverein and the beautiful Konzerthaus. We would be delighted to book tickets for any of these venues as well as the Spanish Riding School and the Vienna Boys Choir – details on request.

Vienna Masterticket

For all of our clients travelling to Vienna, we are delighted to include a Masterticket which gives you entrance to the Leopold Museum and the Kunsthistorisches Museum (Museum of Fine Arts). The Kunsthistorisches was built by Emperor Franz Joseph to house the vast Habsburg collections – amongst its many highlights is one of the foremost collections of Old Masters.
In contrast, the Leopold Museum is the home of Austrian modern art and includes works by the founder of the Vienna Secession movement, Gustav Klimt. The Kunstkammer at the Kunsthistorisches Museum is highly recommended; it reopened in 2013 after a 10 year restoration and is one of the world’s most important chambers of art.

2018 Exhibition Highlights

2018 promises to be a landmark year, with exhibitions celebrating the great Imperial collections as well as the innovative artists of the Viennese Secession. Whilst Kirker clients enjoy the city’s unrivalled musical pedigree – and the Kirker Concierge can arrange tickets to the opera, ballet, Vienna Boys’ Choir, or one of the city’s fine concert halls… as well as the famous Spanish Riding School – 2018 promises to make visual arts the centre of attention.

Vienna’s Kunsthistorisches Museum holds the Habsburg empire’s world-class collections of paintings, and 2018 begins with a dazzling Rubens show (17 October 2017 until 21 January 2018), which brings international loans to accompany the gallery’s collection of 40 works by the Dutch master and his workshop. The year will close with the world’s first major monograph devoted to Pieter Bruegel the Elder (2 October 2018 – 13 January 2019).

However, the city’s own art scene is most well-known for the Viennese Secession – a creative explosion at the turn of the twentieth century, which gave birth to the modernist movement in art, architecture and design. Key protagonists including Gustav Klimt, Egon Schiele, Otto Wagner and Koloman Moser, all died in 1918, and a series of new exhibitions will mark the anniversary.

Kunsthistorisches Museum

In addition to the masters of the 16th and 17th century, the Kunsthistorisches Museum is home to a collection of works by Klimt, and will mark the centenary of his death with two new events: Stairway to Klimt. Eye to Eye with Klimt (13 February – 2 September 2018), a bridge at a height of 12 meters above the museum’s stairway which gives visitors a close-up view of the 13 Klimt paintings between the pillars and columns. At the same time as the Klimt bridge, Klimt's large-scale painting “Nuda Veritas” will be on display in the Collection of Greek and Roman Antiquities of the Kunsthistorisches Museum.

Belvedere

At the Lower Belvedere, “Beyond Klimt. New Horizons in Central Europe” runs from 23 March - 26 August 2018. The exhibition will guide you through the post-Klimt era with works by around eighty artists including Josef Capek, Friedl Dicker-Brandeis, Albin Egger-Lienz, Gustav Klimt, Oskar Kokoschka, Koloman Moser, Antonin Prochaska, Egon Schiele, Lajos Tihanyi, and many more.

At the Orangery, “Egon Schiele - pathways to a collection” runs from 19 October 2018 - 17 February 2019, and focusses on the Belvedere’s Schiele collection, set alongside sketches and related works.

MAK – Austrian Museum of Applied Arts/Contemporary Art

At the MAK – Austrian Museum of Applied Arts/Contemporary Art, a “Koloman Moser” retrospective will open at the end of the year (20 December 2018 – 22 April 2019). This exhibition highlights the work of the Wiener Werkstätte and painter, graphic artist and craftsman, Koloman Moser, who sought to bring the ideas of Modernism beyond fine art.

Wien Museum

At the Wien Museum, a centenary exhibition is devoted to architect Otto Wagner (15 March – 7 October 2018), including precious sketches, models, items of furniture, paintings and personal effects.

Leopold Museum

The Leopold Museum will show “Egon Schiele. The Jubilee Show” (23 February – 4 November 2018), along with the comprehensive museum collection individual eminent Schiele works from international collections will feature in a special exhibition to mark 100 years since his death.

Also at the Leopold Museum will be “Vienna 1900” (18 January - 10 June 2018). Celebrating the anniversary year on the theme of Viennese Modernism, the museum will present select works by the main exponents of Viennese Jugendstil Gustav Klimt and Koloman Moser as well as by the ground-breaking Expressionists Richard Gerstl and Oskar Kokoschka. This will be followed an exhibition focusing on “Gustav Klimt” (22 June - 4 November 2018); one of the highlights of this presentation will be the room devoted to Klimt’s Symbolist painting "The Bride".