The format Considering the Collection & An Insert by … features highlights from the collection of the Paintings Gallery as well as installations and groups of works conceived as inserts by contemporary artists and incorporated into the temporary arrangement from the permanent collection. The insert by Belgian artist Ana Torfs is the third presentation in this series.

Exhibition

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

Curator's tour with Synne Genzmer and Claudia Koch
(in German)

Overview tour through the exhibition Considering the Collection & The Day You Were Thinking About the Sibyl While You Were Picking Autumn Leaves An Insert by Ana Torfs

Overview tour through the exhibition Considering the Collection & The Day You Were Thinking About the Sibyl While You Were Picking Autumn Leaves An Insert by Ana Torfs

Overview tour through the exhibition Considering the Collection & The Day You Were Thinking About the Sibyl While You Were Picking Autumn Leaves An Insert by Ana Torfs

Overview tour through the exhibition Considering the Collection & The Day You Were Thinking About the Sibyl While You Were Picking Autumn Leaves An Insert by Ana Torfs

Masterpieces from the Graphic Collection

Guided Tour

Focus tour in the Paintings Gallery

Curator's tour with Sabine Folie and Synne Genzmer. Vienna Art Week (in German)

Overview tour through the exhibition Considering the Collection & The Day You Were Thinking About the Sibyl While You Were Picking Autumn Leaves An Insert by Ana Torfs

Overview tour through the exhibition Considering the Collection & The Day You Were Thinking About the Sibyl While You Were Picking Autumn Leaves An Insert by Ana Torfs

With its approximately 450 preserved plaster casts, the collection offers a unique overview of European sculpture history.

The afternoon opening of the Plaster Cast Collection is an offer to all those who want to deal intensively with drawing.

Overview tour through the exhibition Considering the Collection & The Day You Were Thinking About the Sibyl While You Were Picking Autumn Leaves An Insert by Ana Torfs

Overview tour through the exhibition Considering the Collection & The Day You Were Thinking About the Sibyl While You Were Picking Autumn Leaves An Insert by Ana Torfs

Guided tours through the exhibition on the hour from 18 h to 22 h. The Paintings Gallery is open until midnight.

Guided tour through the exhibition with Sabine Folie, curator, and Ana Torfs, artist

(in English)

Guided Tour

The publication of a comprehensive inventory catalogue of around 200 Italian, French and Spanish artworks of the Paintings Gallery is the occasion for a new focus on Italian and French art in the first three exhibition rooms. 

Due to partial closure for window renovation, access to Exhibition Considering the Collection is restricted, A Vista on Italy and France is not affected by the closures (The admission price is reduced to 6 euros). The Last Judgement Triptych by Hieronymus Bosch can be viewed up to and including 3 September 2025.

Exhibition

Workshop for kids aged 6 to 12 years as part of "Innere Stadt spielt" (Ferienspiel wienXtra)