Vasarely & Adrian: Dynamic Grids

Stand in front of one of Marc Adrian's glass montages, take a step to the side, and the picture rearranges itself. He painted geometric shapes and set them behind ribbed industrial glass, so what you see depends on where you stand. The show keeps playing tricks like that across about 70 works.

It is the first time Adrian, a Viennese artist and the only Austrian in MoMA's 1965 Op Art survey The Responsive Eye, has been hung beside Victor Vasarely. The route is chronological, from Adrian's 1950s "jump pictures", whose perspective pulls you into depth, to Vasarely's Vega series and big hexagon paintings that make flat canvas seem to bend. The curator, Constanze Malissa, says both used grids and basic shapes to unsettle perception.

The Albertina's director called it visually quite demanding, so pace yourself. It is on the basement level of Albertina Modern, included in the €17.90 ticket, and now runs to 10 January 2027, two months longer than first announced.