Art in Austria

Austria today offers some of the world's most important and stunning collections of modern and contemporary art. To tour the countless museums and galleries is to pass from Old Masters to contemporary art.

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    Kunsthaus Bregenz © Thomas Stankiewicz / Vorarlberg Tourismus

    Vorarlberg: Eyes on the Future

    At the corner where Austria, Germany, Switzerland, and Liechtenstein meet lies the province of Vorarlberg. Here you'll find a unique juxtaposition of the traditional and the modern, the rural and urban.

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    Museumsquartier Vienna

    MuseumsQuartier - Vienna

    Contemporary art and culture converge in the MuseumQuartier Wien, home to more than 60 cultural institutions. The world-renowned art space is also an urban living space and meeting point for international aficionados of culture.

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    Museum of modern art Salzburg © Simone Rosenberg

    Art in Salzburg

    Salzburg is not only devoted to the Festival and celebrated art and culture. A lively art and culture scene with a plethora of galleries and event venues embraces the avant-garde, the unconventional and the future-oriented.

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    Albertina, Vienna

    In the heart of Vienna, the Albertina - the largest Habsburg residential palace - blends Imperial splendor and Austrian history with unrivalled masterpieces of art in a world-class modern museum. A visit promises a cultural experience like no other. Alongside its impressive permanent collection, the Albertina offers a rotation of can't miss special exhibitions.

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    Liechtenstein Museum, Vienna

    One of the most important private collections in the world showcases old masters such as Rubens, Rembrandt, and van Dyck as well as the Badminton Cabinet, the world's most valuable piece of furniture. On view in this stunning palais is a great variety of paintings, sculptures, furniture and fine china.

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    Graz © Graz Tourismus

    Graz - the cultural capital

    The largest stage on which the residents of Graz stage their life is the historical center with its Renaissance core, which has also been named a World Cultural Heritage site. This delightful treat of medieval city flair with its unmistakably Italian influence has been resourcefully seasoned with contemporary architecture that blends into the historical structures in a wonderfully self-evident manner.

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    Essl Collection © Ali Schafler, Essl Museum

    Essl Collection - Klosterneuburg

    Take a trip a few miles north of Vienna to visit this important collection of Austrian painting since 1945. This one of Austria's most comprehensive collection of post-war Austrian art works.

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    Museum of Fine Arts, Vienna © Kunsthistorisches Museum

    Museum of Fine Arts - Vienna

    Thanks to the acquisitions by and the patronage of the House of Habsburg, the gallery has an unrivalled collection of old masters. Check out room X, which contains a vast collection of works by Peter Breughel the Elder...

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    Belvedere Gallery, Vienna © Belvedere

    Galerie Belvedere - Vienna

    This Baroque masterpiece houses one of Europe's most important museums. In the Upper Belvedere the world's largest collection of paintings by Gustav Klimt, alongside works by Egon Schiele and Oskar Kokoschka are on display.

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    Leopold Museum, Vienna © Oesterreich Werbung, Bartl

    Leopold Museum - Vienna

    The Leopold Museum in the Viennese MuseumsQuartier presents Austrian paintings of the 19th and 20th century, including the world’s biggest Schiele collection in its spacious, light-flooded rooms.

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    Museum of modern arts, Vienna © MUMOK, Lena Deinhardstein

    MUMOK Museum of Modern Art - Vienna

    Located in the gigantic black basalt cube in the courtyard of the Vienna MuseumsQuartier the museums houses a vast collection of major 20th century artists - from Picasso to Pollock - as well as changing contempoary exhibitions.

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    Kunsthaus Graz © Kunsthaus Graz

    Kunsthaus Graz

    The building, designed by Peter Cook and Colin Fournier, has an organic shape with a skin made of iridescent blue acrylic panels. One of the most unusual museums you'll ever visit...

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    Kunsthaus Bregenz © Kunsthaus Bregenz, Helene Binet

    Kunsthaus Bregenz

    Modern art and architecture fuse at Kunsthaus Bregenz. Designed by the Pritzker-prize winning architect Peter Zumthor, the building’s primary object is to be a place where people can indulge their passion for art.

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