{"id":73581,"date":"2024-07-12T11:26:24","date_gmt":"2024-07-12T10:26:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.visitingvienna.com\/?p=73581"},"modified":"2025-02-09T19:29:57","modified_gmt":"2025-02-09T18:29:57","slug":"chagall-exhibition","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.visitingvienna.com\/sights\/museums\/chagall-exhibition\/","title":{"rendered":"Marc Chagall 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\/2024\/10\/chagallsmall2.jpg\" alt=\"Exhibition poster\" class=\"wp-image-76089\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.visitingvienna.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/chagallsmall2.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.visitingvienna.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/chagallsmall2-100x100.jpg 100w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>Picasso apparently suggested Chagall had an angel inside his head. Discover the kind of works that inspired such a comment at the Albertina&#8217;s big winter 24\/25 exhibition.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Solo exhibition of Chagall&#8217;s art<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Around 100 works<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Spans all his creative periods<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Runs Sept 28, 2024 &#8211; Feb 9, 2025<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>See also:\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.visitingvienna.com\/sights\/museums\/albertina\/\" data-type=\"post\" data-id=\"2995\">Albertina 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<\/a> in Vienna<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.visitingvienna.com\/entertainment\/christmas-in-vienna\/\" data-type=\"post\" data-id=\"627\">Vienna at Christmas<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.visitingvienna.com\/culture\/prints-printmaking\/\" data-type=\"post\" data-id=\"56749\">What&#8217;s a print?<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Flying violinists<\/h2>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"500\" height=\"384\" src=\"https:\/\/www.visitingvienna.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/chagall2.jpg\" alt=\"Chagall painting\" class=\"wp-image-73576\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.visitingvienna.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/chagall2.jpg 500w, https:\/\/www.visitingvienna.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/chagall2-300x230.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\">(Marc Chagall, The Kite, 1925-26; gouache; ALBERTINA, Vienna \u2013 The Batliner Collection \u00a9 Bildrecht, Vienna 2024)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Chagall (1887-1985) is one of those artists with recognition far beyond the realms of art museum visitors, even managing a name check in a romcom movie like Notting Hill (which featured his 1950 <em>La Mari\u00e9e<\/em> painting).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>This is the artist of whom Picasso also said:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\">\n<p>When Henri Matisse dies, Chagall will be the only painter left who understands what color really is\u2026there&#8217;s never been anybody since Renoir who has the feeling for light that Chagall has.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n<p>The artist&#8217;s works span some 80 years of creative endeavour. All linked by a sense of continuity, yet flavoured by different genres. And many now hang in the world&#8217;s great art museums.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>So the appearance of a Chagall exhibition in Vienna across the winter of 24\/25 inevitably raises a few eyebrows in excited anticipation.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Perhaps also because (speaking for myself), the artist&#8217;s at times whimsical style feels like an antidote to the unrelenting cynicism of life as a news-reading 50-something.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The floating goats, love motifs, music and colour gird the loins for chilly days with dark skies, too.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The Albertina&#8217;s exhibition features around 100 works drawn from across Chagall&#8217;s different creative eras, albeit with a focus on his treatment of fundamental universal themes.<\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"500\" height=\"332\" src=\"https:\/\/www.visitingvienna.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/chagall1.jpg\" alt=\"Chagall painting\" class=\"wp-image-73575\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.visitingvienna.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/chagall1.jpg 500w, https:\/\/www.visitingvienna.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/chagall1-300x199.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\">(Marc Chagall, The Great Circus, 1970; pencil and gouache; ALBERTINA, Vienna \u2013 The Batliner Collection \u00a9 Bildrecht, Vienna 2024)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Goats appear, of course. Cockerels. Donkeys. Cows and fish. A slew of pictorial invented worlds, familiar yet strange. Though the artist himself is quoted as denying intention behind alleged symbols in his paintings:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\">\n<p>It is a result I did not seek. It is something that may be found afterwards, and which can be interpreted according to taste.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n<p>So what we see is what we see.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>It nevertheless proves intriguing to find common motifs relating to Chagall&#8217;s childhood (like the violin) appearing throughout his artistic transition. The instrument is there in 1908\/09&#8217;s muted <em>Death<\/em>, for example, and also in 1974&#8217;s <em>Don Quixote<\/em>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>And equally intriguing to see unexpected works among the whimsy and colour, contradicting the popular image of Chagall&#8217;s art: a dose of cubism here, a dour image there, especially among his earlier art.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The Albertina possesses over 300 paintings, drawings, ceramics and (mainly) prints by Chagall, but the exhibition also draws on loans and on a collaboration with the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.kunstsammlung.de\/en\/\">Kunstsammlung Nordrhein-Westfalen<\/a> (if you miss Chagall in Vienna, you can catch him in D\u00fcsseldorf from mid-March, 2025).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"tickets\">Dates, tickets &amp; tips<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>Drift through Chagall&#8217;s worlds from September 28th, 2024 to February 9th, 2025. It&#8217;s going to be popular, so go early in the day if you can and book your Albertina tickets in advance; an entrance ticket for or from the museum includes the special exhibitions inside.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Chagall&#8217;s lifespan largely matches the era covered in the Albertina&#8217;s prestigious <a href=\"https:\/\/www.visitingvienna.com\/sights\/museums\/albertina-art\/\" data-type=\"post\" data-id=\"2999\">permanent exhibition<\/a> of art. So you might want to pop in and enjoy works by his peers and predecessors.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Two more artists complete a trio of winter 24\/25 highlight exhibitions in Vienna:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.visitingvienna.com\/sights\/museums\/gauguin-exhibition\/\" data-type=\"post\" data-id=\"75449\">Paul Gauguin<\/a> at the Bank Austria Kunstforum Wien: a major retrospective pulls in works from prestigious museums and collections<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.visitingvienna.com\/sights\/museums\/khm\/rembrandt-hoogstraten-exhibition\/\" data-type=\"post\" data-id=\"73981\">Rembrandt at the Kunsthistorisches Museum<\/a>: full of masterpieces and as seen through the prism of his student Samuel van Hoogstraten<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">How to get to the Chagalls<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>Just follow the travel tips at the bottom of the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.visitingvienna.com\/sights\/museums\/albertina\/\" data-type=\"post\" data-id=\"2995\">main Albertina article<\/a>. (The museum is very central.)<\/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","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A true treat from the Albertina with a solo exhibition that spans all Chagall&#8217;s creative periods<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":76089,"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-73581","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\/73581","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=73581"}],"version-history":[{"count":20,"href":"https:\/\/www.visitingvienna.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/73581\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":80111,"href":"https:\/\/www.visitingvienna.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/73581\/revisions\/80111"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.visitingvienna.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/76089"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.visitingvienna.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=73581"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.visitingvienna.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=73581"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.visitingvienna.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=73581"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}