FASCINATION PAPER

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.

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