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Announced · Opens 18 Sept 2026

Picasso – Bacon

Photo: C.Stadler/Bwag / Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 4.0

Picasso – Bacon opens at Albertina, Vienna, Austria, on September 18, 2026 and runs to January 31, 2027.

Last verified August 15, 2026 · Official source ↗

A major exhibition comparing two pivotal 20th-century figurative painters through approximately 70 significant works from international museums and private collections. It shows how Bacon drew inspiration from Picasso, with both artists centering the distorted human figure to explore pain, desire and vulnerability.

Artists

Venue

  1. Albertina
    Vienna, Austria · September 18, 2026 – January 31, 2027
    Opens 18 Sept

Images

The Albertina in Vienna: a long neoclassical palace facade on a raised bastion, with the museum's cantilevered titanium canopy projecting over the entrance stair.

Albertina, Vienna

Photo: C.Stadler/Bwag / Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Source ↗

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