30.10.2026 – 14.02.2027
In this exhibition, the Albertina is, for the first time, focusing on the history of the women artists in its collection, thereby rewriting art history. Spanning from the 16th century to the 1970s, the exhibition demonstrates that women have played a decisive role in shaping the development of art, even though their contributions remained invisible or were forgotten for a long time. Women artists have always been part of art history – yet to this day, their work has rarely been given the attention it deserves. In a comprehensive survey spanning various periods, the exhibition focuses extensively on the women artists in the Albertina’s collection. Works spanning five centuries are on display: from drawings and prints by early female engravers and publishers – already collected by Duke Albert of Saxony-Teschen and Archduchess Marie Christine of Habsburg-Lorraine – through to modernist female artists and the early feminist movements of the 1970s. Drawing on their biographies, *Her Story* portrays female artists as enterprising, committed, inquisitive, well-connected and established figures, thereby offering a new perspective on art history through the collection. The exhibition is based on a research project initiated by the Albertina’s new director, Ralph Gleis, focusing on women artists across all areas of the collection. The result: an astonishing diversity and a considerable number of outstanding works that have previously been shown little or not at all.
Featuring works by Diana Scultori, Magdalena de Passe, Maria Sibylla Merian, Angelika Kauffmann, Berthe Morisot, Käthe Kollwitz, Sonia Delaunay, Louise Bourgeois, Maria Lassnig and VALIE EXPORT, amongst many others.
Her Story – Women Artists at the ALBERTINA
30.10.2026 – 14.02.2027
Albertina
Albertinaplatz 1, 1010 Vienna
www.albertina.at
