{"id":25132,"date":"2020-05-12T05:41:00","date_gmt":"2020-05-12T04:41:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.visitingvienna.com\/?p=25132"},"modified":"2024-07-11T14:34:48","modified_gmt":"2024-07-11T13:34:48","slug":"warhol-to-richter-exhibition","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.visitingvienna.com\/sights\/museums\/warhol-to-richter-exhibition\/","title":{"rendered":"Warhol to Richter exhibition"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"alignright size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/www.visitingvienna.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/warholrichtersmall.jpg\" alt=\"Albertina stairs\" class=\"wp-image-25133\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.visitingvienna.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/warholrichtersmall.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.visitingvienna.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/warholrichtersmall-100x100.jpg 100w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>Take a foray into the last few decades of international art: the Albertina&#8217;s <em>Warhol to Richter<\/em> exhibition offers a pot pourri of intriguing works from post-WWII to the present day.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Features the likes of Warhol, Helnwein, Lichtenstein, Kiefer, Katz, and others<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Diverse mix of contemporary and modern art<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Runs from May 27 &#8211; Sept 6, 2020<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>See also:<ul><li>Current <a href=\"https:\/\/www.visitingvienna.com\/sights\/museums\/albertina\/\">Albertina visitor &amp; tickets info<\/a><\/li><\/ul>\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Current &amp; future <a href=\"https:\/\/www.visitingvienna.com\/entertainment\/events\/exhibitions\/\">art exhibitions<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">&#8220;From the collections&#8221;<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>The Albertina&#8217;s most <a href=\"https:\/\/www.visitingvienna.com\/sights\/museums\/durer-hare\/\">famous work of art<\/a> appeared over 500 years ago. But the museum&#8217;s collection and reach extends through the centuries to include modern and contemporary art genres.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The <em>Warhol to Richter<\/em> exhibition gives you a glimpse into more recent acquisitions and permanent loans, with selected artwork from the past 70 or so years.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Consider it a taster menu covering various post-1945 approaches. A series of around 80 artistic tapas, but one where each dish was prepared by a chef of genius and renown. Just how much genius and renown becomes clear from a brief sample of some of the artists featured. For example:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Roy Lichtenstein. <em>Wallpaper with Blue Floor Interior<\/em>, for example, confronts you as you emerge from the bottom of the escalator into the exhibition space<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Gottfried Helnwein, subject of a hugely successful solo exhibition at the Albertina back in 2013<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>Helnwein&#8217;s <em>Epiphany 1 (The Adoration of the Magi 3)<\/em> is an utterly arresting piece which features Nazi officers in the imagery of the traditional biblical theme.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The same adjective might be applied to <em>Epiphany III (Presentation at the Temple 2)<\/em> with its disfigured British POWs standing around a sleeping girl. The iconography echoes, for example, Rembrandt&#8217;s <em>The Anatomy Lesson of Dr. Nicolaes Tulp<\/em>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Like Helnwein, Anselm Kiefer refuses to shy away from controversial themes. The exhibition offers the chance to see five of his large three-dimensional works, including <em>Mercaba<\/em> from 2006, which combines Kabbalist elements with a sunken (German?) submarine<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>The giant of pop art, Andy Warhol. The poster piece for the exhibition is one of Warhol&#8217;s works featuring the Mercedes-Benz W125 Grand Prix racing car<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>Among the other exhibits: Warhol&#8217;s 8-part Mao Tse-Tung silkscreen series from 1972 and eight Campbell Soup tins. he also makes a significant appearance at the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.visitingvienna.com\/sights\/museums\/andy-warhol-exhibition\/\" data-type=\"post\" data-id=\"23746\">MUMOK<\/a> in late 2020 \/ early 2021.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Gerhard Richter, a master of contemporary art from across the border in Germany<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>Be sure to catch the extraordinary <em>Woman Drinking<\/em> from 1968. An abstract mass of black and white strokes only resolves into the motif when you step back a few paces. Later in 2020, the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.visitingvienna.com\/sights\/museums\/kunstforum-wien\/\">Bank Austria Kunstforum Wien<\/a> dedicates an entire exhibition to Richter&#8217;s works.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>US artist, Alex Katz, who has numerous works within the Albertina collection<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Dates, tickets &amp; tips<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>Admire the modern art from May 27th to September 6th, 2020. The exhibition requires no extra fee, just a normal ticket for the Albertina (or a suitable <a href=\"https:\/\/www.visitingvienna.com\/sights\/vienna-pass-review\/\">sightseeing pass<\/a>).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">How to get to the exhibition<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>Follow directions for the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.visitingvienna.com\/sights\/museums\/albertina\/\">Albertina<\/a> (slap bang in the middle of the old town where all the historic buildings are). The exhibition takes up the lower level of the museum, I believe: go left once you&#8217;re past the ticket control.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>If you like your art with a modern touch, then pop along to the Albertina&#8217;s new location: the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.visitingvienna.com\/sights\/museums\/albertina-modern\/\">Albertina Modern<\/a> does what it says on the label. A parallel exhibition (<a href=\"https:\/\/www.visitingvienna.com\/sights\/museums\/the-beginning-exhibition\/\">The Beginning<\/a>) showcases the more recent work of Austria&#8217;s community of artists, so you&#8217;ll find, for example, Maria Lassnig there, too.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Address: Albertinaplatz 1, 1010 Vienna<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div align=\"center\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/maps\/d\/u\/0\/embed?mid=1zfWanf5rPBbnTLLDuah2uixe-Nw\" width=\"400\" height=\"300\"><\/iframe><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Take a foray into the last few decades of international art: the Albertina&#8217;s Warhol to Richter exhibition offers a pot pourri of intriguing works from post-WWII to the present day. &#8220;From the collections&#8221; The Albertina&#8217;s most famous work of art appeared over 500 years ago. 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