THE FASCINATION OF PAPER

From Tizian to Kiefer

From 11 December 2025

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
     
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