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Open · Until 31 Jan 2027

Picasso – Bacon

Albertina, Vienna

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

Picasso – Bacon is on view at Albertina, Vienna, Austria, until 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.

Venue

  1. Albertina
    Vienna, Austria · September 18, 2026 – January 31, 2027
    Until 31 Jan 2027

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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

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