Exhibitions in Vienna
June 2027
June at a glance: 3 exhibitions opening, 2 closing, and 7 more on view across the city.
Opening in June
- Merlin James11 Jun 2027
Vienna Secession (Secession)
Mostly small paintings between architecture, interior, figuration and abstraction, with exposed stretchers and translucent supports in place of canvas.
- Jake Elwes11 Jun 2027
Vienna Secession (Secession)
Moving image, sound and performance on how AI generates images and identities, including The Zizi Show deepfake drag cabaret.
- Lili Dujourie11 Jun 2027
Vienna Secession (Secession)
Works since the late 1960s across photography, video and sculpture, with draped velvet, marble and plaster and the fold as a central motif.
Closing in June
Good Collecting – Bad Collecting. 150 Years of the Natural History Museum Vienna27 Jun 2027Natural History Museum Vienna (Naturhistorisches Museum Wien)
The anniversary show traces how a 30,000-object imperial collection grew into 30 million, and looks critically at the darker sides of collecting and exploration.
Modern Fashion: Wiener Werkstätte & Paris27 Jun 2027Leopold Museum
Viennese fashion c. 1900–1930: the Wiener Werkstätte's fashion department, reform dress, Emilie Flöge, and the exchange with Paul Poiret's Paris.
Also on through June
GENchangers: Unraveled Secrets from Early Medieval Burial Groundsto 26 Jul 2027Natural History Museum Vienna (Naturhistorisches Museum Wien)
Genetics and archaeology reveal family ties in two early medieval burial grounds near Vienna, retelling the Migration Period through ordinary people's lives. Hall 21.
tierisch menschlichto 22 Aug 2027Dom Museum Wien
The close yet ambivalent bond between animals and humans, from the Middle Ages to today, with works by Goya, Ensor, Maria Lassnig, VALIE EXPORT and Graciela Iturbide.
Tec/xtilto 31 Aug 2027Technisches Museum Wien (Vienna Technical Museum)
Fibre, function, fashion: a special exhibition taking clothing textiles apart into fibres, yarns and fabrics, from 19th-century objects to today's overproduction and textile waste.
Down Under: Art from Australiato 5 Sept 2027Albertina Modern
Australian art from the Albertina's holdings, led by First Nations painter Emily Kame Kngwarreye, with photographers including Destiny Deacon and Tracey Moffatt.
Play Dateto 5 Sept 2027Heidi Horten Collection
Group show on play and playfulness as artistic strategy, from Duchamp, Haring and Warhol to contemporary games, performance and interactive installations.
Senon Williams: Further/Fartherto 3 Oct 2027Sigmund Freud Museum
A monumental mural triptych made for the Showroom Berggasse 19, picturing inner worlds, with Jane McAdam Freud's wire-mesh egg in an armchair at its centre.
Resistance!to 27 Feb 2028Jewish Museum Vienna (Jüdisches Museum Wien)
At Museum Judenplatz: Jewish resistance from the Maccabees and Queen Esther to the Warsaw Ghetto Uprising and women who defied the Nazi regime.
Image credits
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- Good Collecting – Bad Collecting. 150 Years of the Natural History Museum ViennaNHM Wien
- Modern Fashion: Wiener Werkstätte & ParisLeopold Museum, Vienna
- GENchangers: Unraveled Secrets from Early Medieval Burial Grounds© NHM Wien (Foto: Wolfgang Reichmann)
- tierisch menschlichGraciela Iturbide, Nuestra Señora de las Iguanas (Our Lady of the Iguanas), Juchitán, Oaxaca, 1979. Dom Museum Wien, Otto Mauer Contemporary, Courtesy of the artist, Foto: L. Deinhardstein.
- Tec/xtilCourtesy of Technisches Museum Wien (Vienna Technical Museum)
- Down Under: Art from AustraliaALBERTINA, Vienna – The ESSL Collection © Bildrecht, Vienna 2025
- Play DateHeidi Horten Collection
- Senon Williams: Further/FartherInstallation view Senon Williams: Further/Farther (c) eSeL.at - Lorenz Seidler
- Resistance!Courtesy of Jewish Museum Vienna (Jüdisches Museum Wien)
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