{"id":65872,"date":"2023-11-27T16:19:52","date_gmt":"2023-11-27T15:19:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.visitingvienna.com\/?p=65872"},"modified":"2024-12-05T17:43:32","modified_gmt":"2024-12-05T16:43:32","slug":"we-love-exhibition","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.visitingvienna.com\/sights\/museums\/we-love-exhibition\/","title":{"rendered":"WE LOVE exhibition"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"alignright size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/www.visitingvienna.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/welovesmall.jpg\" alt=\"Exhibition poster\" class=\"wp-image-65853\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.visitingvienna.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/welovesmall.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.visitingvienna.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/welovesmall-100x100.jpg 100w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>If I listed all the famous artists featured in the Heidi Horten Collection&#8217;s We \u2764 exhibition, you might think I&#8217;m exaggerating.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>I&#8217;m not.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>A veritable who&#8217;s who of modern art\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Bacon, Basquiat, Chagall, Dine, Haring, Hockney\u2026<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Also features engaging contemporary pieces<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Around 150 works<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Runs Nov 24, 2023 &#8211; Aug 25, 2024<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>See also:\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.visitingvienna.com\/sights\/museums\/heidi-horten-collection\/\" data-type=\"post\" data-id=\"47637\">Heidi Horten Collection overview<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.visitingvienna.com\/entertainment\/events\/exhibitions\/\" data-type=\"post\" data-id=\"37363\">Art exhibitions in Vienna<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Collection highlights<\/h2>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"500\" height=\"333\" src=\"https:\/\/www.visitingvienna.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/heidihortenwelove2.jpg\" alt=\"Exhibition view with paintings\" class=\"wp-image-65832\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.visitingvienna.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/heidihortenwelove2.jpg 500w, https:\/\/www.visitingvienna.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/heidihortenwelove2-300x200.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center has-small-font-size\">(Exhibition view: Warhol &amp; Basquiat; press photo: Ouriel Morgensztern \u00a9 Heidi Horten Collection)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Entering the WE \u2764 exhibition at the Heidi Horten Collection feels like attending a soiree at a luxury chocolate store. You wander from one temptation to the next. Just as you indulge in a little Keith Haring, a Jim Dine beckons from across the room.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>There&#8217;s a certain frisson to standing amidst such a host of instantly-recognisable names.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The exhibition presents some 150 of the best works from the prestigious in-house collection of modern and contemporary art: paintings, prints, collages, sculptures, installations etc.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>As a &#8220;highlights&#8221; exhibition, the absence of a common theme frees you to simply enjoy the art, a task made easier by an open and light viewing environment.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Having said that, some parts do have their own standalone focus, such as <em>German Expressionism<\/em> or a section dedicated to Rene Magritte.<\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-full\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.visitingvienna.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/heidihortenwelove1.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"500\" height=\"333\" src=\"https:\/\/www.visitingvienna.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/heidihortenwelove1.jpg\" alt=\"Exhibition view with paintings and sculpture\" class=\"wp-image-65831\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.visitingvienna.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/heidihortenwelove1.jpg 500w, https:\/\/www.visitingvienna.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/heidihortenwelove1-300x200.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center has-small-font-size\">(Exhibition view We LOVE, photo: Ouriel Morgensztern \u00a9 Heidi Horten Collection)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The assembled names on display certainly read like a who&#8217;s who of art.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Within a few minutes, I spotted works by artists who all enjoyed recent major solo exhibitions in Vienna&#8217;s top museums: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.visitingvienna.com\/sights\/museums\/gerhard-richter-exhibition\/\" data-type=\"post\" data-id=\"27238\">Richter<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.visitingvienna.com\/sights\/museums\/baselitz-100-drawings\/\" data-type=\"post\" data-id=\"60652\">Baselitz<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.visitingvienna.com\/sights\/museums\/khm\/mark-rothko\/\" data-type=\"post\" data-id=\"10950\">Rothko<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.visitingvienna.com\/sights\/museums\/david-hockney-exhibition\/\" data-type=\"post\" data-id=\"39316\">Hockney<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.visitingvienna.com\/sights\/museums\/basquiat-exhibition\/\" data-type=\"post\" data-id=\"49565\">Basquiat<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.visitingvienna.com\/sights\/museums\/picasso-exhibition\/\" data-type=\"post\" data-id=\"57405\">Picasso<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.visitingvienna.com\/sights\/museums\/alex-katz-exhibition\/\" data-type=\"post\" data-id=\"56697\">Katz<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.visitingvienna.com\/sights\/museums\/edvard-munch-exhibition\/\" data-type=\"post\" data-id=\"39545\">Munch<\/a> and others. A small acrylic and pencil work on the end of a protruding wall turns out to be a Warhol.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Given the star quality and the &#8220;highlights&#8221; theme it almost feels rude to select particular works, but my three favourites:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>The auditorium with its contemporary and recent acquisitions adds playfulness and comment to the more &#8220;classic&#8221; works. I could have stared for hours at Adolf Luther&#8217;s mirrored work with its multiple reflections in different orientations and the remarkable 3D effect.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>(I did stare at it for a long while, to the possible annoyance of other visitors.)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>The slash series set of green, red, white and yellow works by Lucio Fontana creates a lovely aesthetic along one wall.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Given cloudy skies and snow, Emil Nolde&#8217;s flower paintings demonstrate his stylistic evolution and brought a splash of brightness to a wintry Vienna.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>Talking of preferences&#8230;when inside, look for stations that let you vote for your own favourite works: your input will help determine which pieces appear in the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.visitingvienna.com\/sights\/museums\/klimt-warhol-exhibition\/\" data-type=\"post\" data-id=\"75543\">permanent exhibition<\/a> expected to open autumn 2024.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Bonus: Klimt<\/h3>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"400\" height=\"404\" src=\"https:\/\/www.visitingvienna.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/heidihortenklimt.jpg\" alt=\"Klimt painting: Kirche in Unterach am Attersee\" class=\"wp-image-65830\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.visitingvienna.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/heidihortenklimt.jpg 400w, https:\/\/www.visitingvienna.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/heidihortenklimt-297x300.jpg 297w, https:\/\/www.visitingvienna.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/heidihortenklimt-100x100.jpg 100w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 400px) 100vw, 400px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center has-small-font-size\">(Gustav Klimt, Kirche in Unterach am Attersee, 1916; press photo courtesy of the Heidi Horten Collection)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>A notable treat should you visit WE \u2764 is an extra one-room exhibition that runs until June 2nd, 2024.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The display centers on Gustav Klimt&#8217;s <em>Kirche in Unterach am Attersee<\/em> painting and features other works sharing the same square format.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>This <em>Focus<\/em> exhibition format builds connections across the years, linking Vienna&#8217;s stalwart of the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.visitingvienna.com\/culture\/jugendstil\/\" data-type=\"post\" data-id=\"31716\">Jugendstil era<\/a> through to the modern day in, for example, Sylvie Fleury&#8217;s 2002 <em>Diamonds 5329<\/em> lead crystal mosaic.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"tickets\">Dates, tickets &amp; tips<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>Enjoy the WE \u2764 highlights from November 24th, 2023 to August 25th, 2024. A ticket for or from the Heidi Horten Collection gets you access to the exhibition.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>If visiting at the turn of 2023\/2024, note that the city&#8217;s art museums tend to save their best exhibitions for this period.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Catch, for example, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.visitingvienna.com\/sights\/museums\/michelangelo\/\" data-type=\"post\" data-id=\"62279\">Michelangelo<\/a> and others at the Albertina, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.visitingvienna.com\/sights\/museums\/khm\/raphael-gold-silk\/\" data-type=\"post\" data-id=\"62659\">Raphael<\/a> at the Kunsthistorisches Museum, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.visitingvienna.com\/sights\/museums\/robert-motherwell-exhibition\/\" data-type=\"post\" data-id=\"64441\">Robert Motherwell<\/a> at the Bank Austria Kunstforum Wien and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.visitingvienna.com\/sights\/museums\/belvedere-sites\/louise-bourgeois-exhibition\/\" data-type=\"post\" data-id=\"62357\">Louise Bourgeois<\/a> at Lower Belvedere.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>If visiting in spring\/summer, look particularly for the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.visitingvienna.com\/sights\/museums\/roy-lichtenstein-exhibition\/\" data-type=\"post\" data-id=\"67575\">Lichtenstein exhibition<\/a> at the Albertina.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Combine any of those with WE \u2764, and you have a fine time to be interested in art in Vienna.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">How to get there<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>See the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.visitingvienna.com\/sights\/museums\/heidi-horten-collection\/\" data-type=\"post\" data-id=\"47637\">main article<\/a> for travel tips. The Heidi Horten Collection is very central, opposite the Albertina and close to the State Opera House and Hofburg complex.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Address: Hanuschgasse 3, 1010 Vienna<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div align=\"center\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/maps\/d\/u\/0\/embed?mid=1asmHlbVpicbQLt1557vf6l4l0zQ\" width=\"400\" height=\"300\"><\/iframe><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A remarkable collection of art by many of the great names of the 20th and 21st centuries<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":65853,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_genesis_hide_title":false,"_genesis_hide_breadcrumbs":false,"_genesis_hide_singular_image":false,"_genesis_hide_footer_widgets":false,"_genesis_custom_body_class":"","_genesis_custom_post_class":"","_genesis_layout":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[16],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-65872","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-museums","8":"entry"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.visitingvienna.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/65872","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.visitingvienna.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.visitingvienna.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.visitingvienna.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.visitingvienna.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=65872"}],"version-history":[{"count":11,"href":"https:\/\/www.visitingvienna.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/65872\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":78198,"href":"https:\/\/www.visitingvienna.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/65872\/revisions\/78198"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.visitingvienna.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/65853"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.visitingvienna.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=65872"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.visitingvienna.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=65872"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.visitingvienna.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=65872"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}