Exhibition Programme 2026

Paintings Gallery
Schillerplatz 3
1010 Vienna



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

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The Great Michelangelo Is Dead!
Avant-garde und Academicism

2 Oktober 2026 to 22 August 2027

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The Great Michelangelo Is Dead! Avant-garde und Academicism 
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  • Franz Anton Maulbertsch, Allegory on the Fate of Art
    © Paintings Gallery of the Academy of Fine Arts Vienna
    Franz Anton Maulbertsch, Allegory on the Fate of Art© Paintings Gallery of the Academy of Fine Arts Vienna
  • Jacques van Schuppen, Self-Portrait before the Easel, 1718
    © Paintings Gallery of the Academy of Fine Arts Vienna
    Jacques van Schuppen, Self-Portrait before the Easel, 1718© Paintings Gallery of the Academy of Fine Arts Vienna
  • Plaster cast after Michelangelo Buonarroti, Dying Slave from the Tomb of Pope Julius II, original: 1513–1516
    © Paintings Gallery of the Academy of Fine Arts Vienna
    Plaster cast after Michelangelo Buonarroti, Dying Slave from the Tomb of Pope Julius II, original: 1513–1516© Paintings Gallery of the Academy of Fine Arts Vienna
  • Martin Ferdinand Quadal, The Life Class of the Vienna Academy in the St Anne Building, 1787 © Paintings Gallery of the Academy of Fine Arts Vienna
    Martin Ferdinand Quadal, The Life Class of the Vienna Academy in the St Anne Building, 1787 © Paintings Gallery of the Academy of Fine Arts Vienna
  • Januarius Zick, Jean-Jacques Rousseaus finds the answer to the Academy’s prize competition, 1757
    © Museum zu Allerheiligen Schaffhausen, photo: Jürg Fausch
    Januarius Zick, Jean-Jacques Rousseaus finds the answer to the Academy’s prize competition, 1757© Museum zu Allerheiligen Schaffhausen, photo: Jürg Fausch
  • Rembrandt Harmensz. van Rijn, The Baby Walker (´Het Rolwagentje´), draft: c.1646
    © Graphic Collection of the Academy of Fine Arts Vienna
    Rembrandt Harmensz. van Rijn, The Baby Walker (´Het Rolwagentje´), draft: c.1646 © Graphic Collection of the Academy of Fine Arts Vienna

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