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8 exhibitions to see in Vienna for spring 2026

8 mostre da vedere a Vienna per la primavera 2026

Vienna's 2026 spring season features a diverse array of major exhibitions across its leading institutions. Highlights include a landmark survey of Canaletto and Bernardo Bellotto at the Kunsthistorisches Museum, featuring 32 high-quality paintings including international loans from the Wallace Collection and Berlin’s Gemäldegalerie. Other significant shows include "Animalia" at the Heidi Horten Collection, which explores the blurred lines between humans and animals through 90 works of art, and a major Gustave Courbet retrospective at the Leopold Museum.

These exhibitions demonstrate Vienna's continued importance as a European cultural hub that bridges historical mastery with contemporary social inquiry. By juxtaposing 18th-century vedute painting with modern explorations of ecology and identity, the city's museums are addressing both the legacy of European artistic exchange and urgent modern dialogues regarding nature, power, and the human condition.