Albertina Klosterneuburg
The building known from 1999-2016 as the Essl Museum in Klosterneuburg near Vienna, designed by Arch. Heinz Tesar was reopened as the Albertina Klosterneuburg in April ’24 after being closed for almost 8 years. The underlying Essl Collection of Austrian and international contemporary art was transferred to the Albertina on permanent loan in 2017 and has since been on display in the Albertina modern on Karlsplatz in Vienna.
In the future, a selection of the approximately 65,000 works of contemporary art from the Albertina Collection after 1945 will be presented on the approximately 2,800m2 of exhibition space at the third Albertina location between March and November from Thuesday to Sunday as a „show depot or study hall“. With the arrival of the new director Ralph Gleis in 2025, a sharpening of the focus can be expected; the current shows are „Pop Art“, „From Hundertwasser to Kiefer“ and „The Damaged World“.
The sculpture in front of the entrance, „We Villach Children“ by the Austrian painter and sculptor Bruno Gironcoli, also points the way for the program to show more sculptures at the new location.