Richard Prince Symposium

Friday, June 19, 2026 | 4 – 6 pm

State Rooms of The ALBERTINA Museum
Entrance via the main entrance

Language: German / English
Free admission to the symposium | Registration required

The ALBERTINA Museum is dedicating a major exhibition to Richard Prince, presenting works from the 1970s to the present day. At its core is photography, Prince’s principal medium. On view are iconic series such as Fashion, Gangs, and Cowboys, alongside rare or never-before-exhibited works—from his groundbreaking rephotographs of advertisements and autobiographically inflected images from rural New York State to complex collages assembled from found material.

On the occasion of the exhibition, a symposium with national and international guests will take place on Friday, June 19. On Saturday, June 20, Walter Moser, curator of the exhibition and Chief Curator of the ALBERTINA Photography Collection, together with art historian and curator Sydney Stutterheim, will guide visitors through the exhibition.


SYMPOSIUM PROGRAMME

Panel 1 (in German) | Photography, Media, and Appropriation
Friday, June 19 | 4–5 pm


Speakers:

  • Eva Kernbauer, Professor of Art History, University of Applied Arts Vienna
  • Walter Moser, Chief Curator, ALBERTINA Photography Collection
  • Angela Stief, Director, ALBERTINA MODERN
  • Sophie Thun, Artist and Professor of Artistic Photography, University of Applied Arts Vienna


Panel 2 (in English) | Stereotypes, Masculinity, and Feminism
Friday, June 19 | 5 – 6 pm

Speakers:

  • Susanne Huber, Senior Researcher in Art History, University of Bremen
  • Christian Liclair, Art Historian and Critic
  • Nicole Scheyerer, Art Critic (Falter, Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung)
  • Sydney Stutterheim, Art Historian and Curator

Participation is free of charge | Registration required

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Curator's Tour of the Exhibition (in English)
Saturday, June 20 | 11 am – 12 pm

Walter Moser and Sydney Stutterheim will jointly lead a tour through the exhibition RICHARD PRINCE.
EUR 6 | Guided tour fee per person (excluding exhibition admission)

Book tickets

Color photograph of a cowboy riding a galloping horse in an open landscape; large-scale, horizontal composition.
Richard Prince | Untitled (Cowboy), 1989 | Courtesy of Richard Prince Studio © Richard Prince

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Sat 20 June

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Curator's Tour