Considering the Collection & The Day You Were Thinking About the Sibyl While You Were Picking Autumn Leaves An Insert by Ana Torfs
3 October 2025 – 30 August 2026

Paintings Gallery
Schillerplatz 3
1010 Vienna



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In the exhibition format Considering the Collection & An Insert by ..., in addition to highlights from the Paintings Gallery’s collection, the new cycle of works by Belgian artist Ana Torfs, consisting of 28 Jacquard tapestries, is being shown to the public for the first time.

Exhibtion: 3 October 2025 – 30 August 2026        
Opening: 2 October 2025, 7 pm
Press tour: 2 October 2025, 11 am

Venue: Akademie der bildenden Künste Wien, Paintings Gallery, Schillerplatz 3, 1010 Vienna
Opening hours: daily except Monday, 10 am to 6 pm


More information about the content of the exhibition can be found in the > PressRelease.pdf 
Publication accompanying the exhibtion 

 
Press photographs for download  > 

The Day You Were Thinking About the Sibyl While You Were Picking Autumn Leaves
An Insert by Ana Torfs
 

  • Ana Torfs,The Day You Were Thinking About the Sibyl While You Were Picking Autumn Leaves, detail of one tapestry, 2020–2025. In cooperation with TextielLab, Tilburg
    © photo: Ana Torfs, 2025
    Ana Torfs,The Day You Were Thinking About the Sibyl While You Were Picking Autumn Leaves, detail of one tapestry, 2020–2025. In cooperation with TextielLab, Tilburg© photo: Ana Torfs, 2025

  • Ana Torfs,The Day You Were Thinking About the Sibyl While You Were Picking Autumn Leaves, 2020–2025, Jacquard tapestry from a series of 28. In cooperation with TextielLab, Tilburg
    © Art Collections of the Academy of Fine Arts Vienna, photo: Iris Ranzinger
    Ana Torfs,The Day You Were Thinking About the Sibyl While You Were Picking Autumn Leaves, 2020–2025, Jacquard tapestry from a series of 28. In cooperation with TextielLab, Tilburg© Art Collections of the Academy of Fine Arts Vienna, photo: Iris Ranzinger

  • Ana Torfs,The Day You Were Thinking About the Sibyl While You Were Picking Autumn Leaves, 2020–2025, Jacquard tapestry from a series of 28. In cooperation with TextielLab, Tilburg
    © Art Collections of the Academy of Fine Arts Vienna, photo: Iris Ranzinger
    Ana Torfs,The Day You Were Thinking About the Sibyl While You Were Picking Autumn Leaves, 2020–2025, Jacquard tapestry from a series of 28. In cooperation with TextielLab, Tilburg© Art Collections of the Academy of Fine Arts Vienna, photo: Iris Ranzinger

  • Ana Torfs, Test piece on a Jacquard loom for The Day You Were Thinking About the Sibyl While You Were Picking Autumn Leaves. In cooperation with TextielLab, Tilburg
    © photo: Ana Torfs, 2024
    Ana Torfs, Test piece on a Jacquard loom for The Day You Were Thinking About the Sibyl While You Were Picking Autumn Leaves. In cooperation with TextielLab, Tilburg© photo: Ana Torfs, 2024

  • Ana Torfs, Test piece on a Jacquard loom for The Day You Were Thinking About the Sibyl While You Were Picking Autumn Leaves. In cooperation with TextielLab, Tilburg
    © photo: Ana Torfs, 2024
    Ana Torfs, Test piece on a Jacquard loom for The Day You Were Thinking About the Sibyl While You Were Picking Autumn Leaves. In cooperation with TextielLab, Tilburg© photo: Ana Torfs, 2024

  • Elisabetta Sirani, Circle, The Cumaean Sibyl, 17th century
    © Paintings Gallery of the Academy of Fine Arts Vienna
    Elisabetta Sirani, Circle, The Cumaean Sibyl, 17th century © Paintings Gallery of the Academy of Fine Arts Vienna

  • Francesco Solimena and workshop, The European Sibyl, c. 1730
    © Paintings Gallery of the Academy of Fine Arts Vienna
    Francesco Solimena and workshop, The European Sibyl, c. 1730© Paintings Gallery of the Academy of Fine Arts Vienna

  • Jan van den Hoecke, Workshop, Sibilla Africana, 17th century, Kunsthistorisches Museum Wien, Gemäldegalerie
    © KHM-Museumsverband
    Jan van den Hoecke, Workshop, Sibilla Africana, 17th century, Kunsthistorisches Museum Wien, Gemäldegalerie© KHM-Museumsverband

  • Antonio da Trento, after Girolamo Francesco Mazzola, known as Il Parmigianino, The Tiburtine Sibyl and the Emperor Augustus, c. 1527–1530
    © Graphic Collection of the Academy of Fine Arts Vienna
    Antonio da Trento, after Girolamo Francesco Mazzola, known as Il Parmigianino, The Tiburtine Sibyl and the Emperor Augustus, c. 1527–1530© Graphic Collection of the Academy of Fine Arts Vienna

  • Giuseppe Maria Crespi, known as Lo Spagnuolo, Aeneas, the Sibyl and Charon, c. 1695/1697, Kunsthistorisches Museum Wien, Gemäldegalerie
    © KHM-Museumsverband
    Giuseppe Maria Crespi, known as Lo Spagnuolo, Aeneas, the Sibyl and Charon, c. 1695/1697, Kunsthistorisches Museum Wien, Gemäldegalerie© KHM-Museumsverband

  • Luigi Fabri, after Giacomo Conca, after Michelangelo Buonarroti, The Cumaean Sibyl, plate 9 from the series Prophets and Sibyls of the Sistine Chapel, before 1835
    © Graphic Collection of the Academy of Fine Arts Vienna
    Luigi Fabri, after Giacomo Conca, after Michelangelo Buonarroti, The Cumaean Sibyl, plate 9 from the series Prophets and Sibyls of the Sistine Chapel, before 1835© Graphic Collection of the Academy of Fine Arts Vienna

  • Bartolomeo Coriolano, after Guido Reni, Sibyl with Tablet, c. 1640
    © Graphic Collection of the Academy of Fine Arts Vienna
    Bartolomeo Coriolano, after Guido Reni, Sibyl with Tablet, c. 1640© Graphic Collection of the Academy of Fine Arts Vienna

  • Giuseppe Maria Crespi, known as Lo Spagnuolo, Workshop, The Blessed Bernard Tolomei
    © Paintings Gallery of the Academy of Fine Arts Vienna
    Giuseppe Maria Crespi, known as Lo Spagnuolo, Workshop, The Blessed Bernard Tolomei © Paintings Gallery of the Academy of Fine Arts Vienna

  • Jean Baron, after Guillaume Courtois, after Nicolas Poussin, The Plague of Ashdod, 1658
    © Graphic Collection of the Academy of Fine Arts Vienna
    Jean Baron, after Guillaume Courtois, after Nicolas Poussin, The Plague of Ashdod, 1658© Graphic Collection of the Academy of Fine Arts Vienna

    • Considering the Collection
     

  • Hieronymus Bosch, Last Jugdement Triptych, c. 1490 –1505
    © Paintings Gallery of the Academy of Fine Arts Vienna,
    Photo: Iris Ranzinger
    Hieronymus Bosch, Last Jugdement Triptych, c. 1490 –1505© Paintings Gallery of the Academy of Fine Arts Vienna,Photo: Iris Ranzinger

  • Dieric Bouts, Coronation of the Virgin, after 1460
    © Paintings Gallery of the Academy of Fine Arts Vienna
    Dieric Bouts, Coronation of the Virgin, after 1460© Paintings Gallery of the Academy of Fine Arts Vienna

  • Samuel van Hoogstraten, Trompe l’oeil Still Life, 1655
    © Paintings Gallery of the Academy of Fine Arts Vienna
    Samuel van Hoogstraten, Trompe l’oeil Still Life, 1655© Paintings Gallery of the Academy of Fine Arts Vienna

  • Rachel Ruysch, Flower Piece, c. 1700
    © Paintings Gallery of the Academy of Fine Arts Vienna
    Rachel Ruysch, Flower Piece, c. 1700© Paintings Gallery of the Academy of Fine Arts Vienna

  • Jan Davidsz. de Heem, Banquet Still Life with Parrot, c. 1655
    © Paintings Gallery of the Academy of Fine Arts Vienna
    Jan Davidsz. de Heem, Banquet Still Life with Parrot, c. 1655© Paintings Gallery of the Academy of Fine Arts Vienna

  • Bartolomé Esteban Murillo, Two Boys Playing Dice, 1670–1682
    © Paintings Gallery of the Academy of Fine Arts Vienna
    Bartolomé Esteban Murillo, Two Boys Playing Dice, 1670–1682© Paintings Gallery of the Academy of Fine Arts Vienna

  • Rembrandt Harmensz. van Rijn, Portrait of a Young Woman, 1632
    © Paintings Gallery of the Academy of Fine Arts Vienna
    Rembrandt Harmensz. van Rijn, Portrait of a Young Woman, 1632© Paintings Gallery of the Academy of Fine Arts Vienna

  • Pieter de Hooch, Family Group in a Courtyard in Delft, c. 1658
    © Paintings Gallery of the Academy of Fine Arts Vienna
    Pieter de Hooch, Family Group in a Courtyard in Delft, c. 1658© Paintings Gallery of the Academy of Fine Arts Vienna

  • Anthony van Dyck, Sellf-Portrait, c. 1614
    © Paintings Gallery of the Academy of Fine Arts Vienna
    Anthony van Dyck, Sellf-Portrait, c. 1614© Paintings Gallery of the Academy of Fine Arts Vienna

  • Peter Paul Rubens, Bacchanal Scene: “The Dreaming Silenius”, c. 1610–1612
    © Paintings Gallery of the Academy of Fine Arts Vienna
    Peter Paul Rubens, Bacchanal Scene: “The Dreaming Silenius”, c. 1610–1612© Paintings Gallery of the Academy of Fine Arts Vienna

  • Jacob Jordaens, The Apostles Paul and Barnabas in Lystra, 1645
    © Paintings Gallery of the Academy of Fine Arts Vienna
    Jacob Jordaens, The Apostles Paul and Barnabas in Lystra, 1645© Paintings Gallery of the Academy of Fine Arts Vienna

  • Jacob van Ruisdael, Woody Landscape, c. 1670–1680
    © Paintings Gallery of the Academy of Fine Arts Vienna
    Jacob van Ruisdael, Woody Landscape, c. 1670–1680© Paintings Gallery of the Academy of Fine Arts Vienna

  • Anthonis Sallaert, Scipio meets Massinissa (?), c. 1640
    © Paintings Gallery of the Academy of Fine Arts Vienna
    Anthonis Sallaert, Scipio meets Massinissa (?), c. 1640© Paintings Gallery of the Academy of Fine Arts Vienna

  • Jean-Baptiste Greuze, Study of a Boy’s Head, c. 1770
    © Paintings Gallery of the Academy of Fine Arts Vienna
    Jean-Baptiste Greuze, Study of a Boy’s Head, c. 1770© Paintings Gallery of the Academy of Fine Arts Vienna

    • Note: The photographic material may be used free of charge exclusively for editorial reporting on the exhibition and the Art Collections of the Academy of Fine Arts Vienna and must be marked with the copyright of the originator when published.