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FASCINATION PAPER

Rembrandt to Kiefer

Until 22 March 2026

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ALBERTINA MUSEUM, VIENNA

The ALBERTINA is home to one of the world’s largest collections of drawings, prints and artistic works on paper. Drawing on these rich holdings, this extraordinary exhibition indeed devotes itself to the diversity and fascination surrounding paper in all of its many aspects.

Covering multiple eras from the 15th century to the present, the presentation brings together works from the Graphic Art Collection, the Architectural Collection, and the Collection of Contemporary Art. Copperplate engravings for playing cards, multi-part three-dimensional objects of monumental proportions, and rarely shown works reveal the entire range of this one-of-a-kind collection and artistic genre. In the process, surprising juxtapositions vividly illustrate paper’s versatility as a medium.

The exhibition is on view from 11 December 2025 until 22 March 2026.

    Image Gallery – 16 Images
    A corner of a room with a brown parquet floor and white wall. On the wall, in the corner, hangs a large installation of paper cut-outs in various patterns in black and white.
    Birgit Knoechl | OUT OF CONTROL_REVISITED - THE AUTONOMY OF GROWTH_0IV, 1630 | ALBERTINA, Wien – Erwerbung aus Mitteln der Galerienförderung des BMUKK 2012 © Birgit Knoechl / Photo: Thomas Gorisek

    Artists: Albrecht Altdorfer, Anonym, Ottomar Anschütz, Anna Barriball, Stefano della Bella, Hans Bischoffshausen, Louis Bretez, Johann Theodor de Bry, Johanna Calle, Thomas Demand, Hans Rudolf Manuel Deutsch, Burhan Doğançay, Albrecht Dürer, Anthonis van Dyck, Tone Fink, Peter Flötner, Lucio Fontana, Utagawa Fusatane, Angela Glajcar, Conraad Goltzius, Georg Hartmann, Utagawa Hiroshige, Jochen Höller, Tillman Kaiser, Avish Khebrehzadeh, Toba Khedoori, Anselm Kiefer, Yves Klein, Birgit Knoechl, Marcus Kraffter, Martina Kresta, Alena Kučerová, Utagawa Kunisada I. / Toyokuni III., Utagawa Kunisada II. / Toyokuni IV., Utagawa Kuniaki II., Toyohara Kunishika, François Langot, Henriette Leinfellner, Sol Lewitt, Adolf Loos, Israhel van Meckenem, Meister E. S., Claude Mellan, Eadweard Muybridge, Jost de Negker, Oberrheinischer Meister, Jean Patigny, Payer Gabriel, Otto Piene, Jacob Anton Premblechner, Wendelin Pressl, Rembrandt Harmensz. van Rijn, Ugo Rondinone, Rebecca Salter, Peter Sandbichler, Liddy Scheffknecht, Eva Schlegel, Greta Schödl, Schwäbischer Meister, Antoni Starczewski, Günther Uecker, Victor Vasarely, Tiziano Vecellio, Hanns Wallner, Ochiai Yoshiiku, Tsukioka Yoshitoshi, Heimo Zobernig, Franz von Zülow

      ALBERTINA KIDS – Podcast for children (in German)


      In this episode, we embark on an amazing journey of discovery through the centuries, exploring everything that art on and made of paper can be.

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          The word “KURIER” in white on a red, rectangular surface.
        Rembrandt Harmensz. van Rijn: Self-portrait with eyes wide open, 1630
        Rembrandt Harmensz. van Rijn: Self-portrait with eyes wide open, 1630
        5.3 × 4.7 cm, Etching and drypoint (The ALBERTINA Museum, Vienna)
        Anonymous: The Sacred Heart, before 1470
        Anonymous: The Sacred Heart, before 1470
        7.4 × 6.1 cm, woodcut, colored (The ALBERTINA Museum, Vienna)
        Lucio Fontana: L’epée dans l’eau, 1962
        Lucio Fontana: L’epée dans l’eau, 1962
        14.7 × 11.2 cm, Etching (© Fondation Lucio Fontana, Milano / by SIAE / Bildrecht, Vienna 2025)
        Birgit Knoechl: OUT OF CONTROL_REVISITED - THE AUTONOMY OF GROWTH_0IV, 2006-2008/2020
        Birgit Knoechl: OUT OF CONTROL_REVISITED - THE AUTONOMY OF GROWTH_0IV, 2006-2008/2020
        355 × 458 × 155 cm, Ink on paper (The ALBERTINA Museum, Vienna – Acquisition from gallery funding of BMUKK 2012 © Birgit Knoechl)
        Photo: Thomas Gorisek / Bildrecht, Vienna 2025
        Anselm Kiefer: The Starry Sky Above Me and the Moral Law Within Me, 1997
        Anselm Kiefer: The Starry Sky Above Me and the Moral Law Within Me, 1997
        268 × 398 cm, Woodcut, emulsion, acrylic, and shellac on paper, collage on canvas (The ALBERTINA Museum, Vienna / Bildrecht, Vienna 2025)
        Photo: © Ulrich Ghezzi / Bildrecht, Vienna 2025
        Titian: The Submersion of Pharaoh’s Army in the Red Sea, 1549
        Titian: The Submersion of Pharaoh’s Army in the Red Sea, 1549
        121 × 220 cm (composed of twelve sheets), Woodcut from twelve plates (The ALBERTINA Museum, Vienna)
        South German engraver: Ace of Spada, Late fifteenth century
        South German engraver: Ace of Spada, Late fifteenth century
        11.9 x 6.2 cm, Engraving (The ALBERTINA Museum, Vienna)
        Dutch or German artist: Girl in the Window, ca. 1590
        Dutch or German artist: Girl in the Window, ca. 1590
        41.2 × 28 cm, Engraving (The ALBERTINA Museum, Vienna)
        Angela Glajcar: 2014-061 Terforation, 2014
        Angela Glajcar: 2014-061 Terforation, 2014
        160 × 120 × 600 cm, Paper, torn, bracket made of metal and plastic (The ALBERTINA Museum, Vienna. Donation Sasa Hanten, Cologne/Vienna (a) Angela Glajcar)
        Photo: Max Brucker
        Atelier Adolf Loos: Model of the Rufer House, 1922
        Atelier Adolf Loos: Model of the Rufer House, 1922
        58 × 49 × 50 cm, Cardboard, paper, plywood, glass (The ALBERTINA Museum, Vienna)
        Thomas Demand: Podium, 2000
        Thomas Demand: Podium, 2000
        296 × 177.5 cm, C-print/Diasec (The ALBERTINA Museum, Vienna – The ESSL Collection)
        Photo: Courtesy the artist and Matthew Marks Gallery / Sprüth Magers / Esther Schipper, Berlin / Taka Ishii Gallery / Bildrecht, Vienna 2025
        Johanna Calle: Perimetros (Ceiba), 2013/14
        Johanna Calle: Perimetros (Ceiba), 2013/14
        single sheet: 83 × 41.3 cm, overall dimensions: 249 × 415 cm, Typescript on old notarial paper (The ALBERTINA Museum, Vienna | Courtesy Galerie Krinzinger and Johanna Calle.)
        Photo: J.P. Gutierrez. Copyright Archivos Perez & Calle
        Günther Uecker: Untitled, 1989
        Günther Uecker: Untitled, 1989
        69 × 50 cm, Embossed print (The ALBERTINA Museum / Bildrecht, Vienna 2025)
        Georg Hartmann: Cruciform Sundial, 1529
        Georg Hartmann: Cruciform Sundial, 1529
        45.9 × 19.2 cm, Woodcut (The ALBERTINA Museum, Vienna)
        Anonymous: Katagami (dyeing stencil), Nineteenth century
        Anonymous: Katagami (dyeing stencil), Nineteenth century
        30.8 × 41.6 cm, Impregnated paper, cut (The ALBERTINA Museum, Vienna)
        Utagawa Fusatane, Utagawa Hiroshige, Utagawa Kuniaki II., Utagawa Kunisada I./Toyokuni III., Utagawa Kunisada II./Toyokuni IV., Toyohara Kunishika, Ochiai Yoshiiku, Tsukioka Yoshitoshi, here: Utagawa Kunisada I./Toyokuni III.: The Tale of Prince Genji, here: Utagawa Kunisada I/Toyokuni III, Prince Genji surrounded by women in an interior with a view of the sea, 1850s–60s
        Utagawa Fusatane, Utagawa Hiroshige, Utagawa Kuniaki II., Utagawa Kunisada I./Toyokuni III., Utagawa Kunisada II./Toyokuni IV., Toyohara Kunishika, Ochiai Yoshiiku, Tsukioka Yoshitoshi, here: Utagawa Kunisada I./Toyokuni III.: The Tale of Prince Genji, here: Utagawa Kunisada I/Toyokuni III, Prince Genji surrounded by women in an interior with a view of the sea, 1850s–60s
        Single sheet: each 36 × 24.5 cm, unfolded: each 36 × 2572.5 cm, Color woodcuts in thirty-four triptychs, folded as a leporello (The ALBERTINA Museum, Vienna)