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Picasso – Bacon
Group show

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Picasso – Bacon

until 31 Jan 2027 at Albertina · Vienna
This exhibition presents a focused examination of the relationship between Pablo Picasso and Francis Bacon, two of the twentieth century's most influential artists. Through juxtaposed works, the show traces thematic and stylistic connections between Picasso's revolutionary approach to form and Bacon's visceral exploration of the human body. Both artists challenged conventional representation and pushed the boundaries of figuration, creating powerful visual languages that continue to resonate with contemporary practice.

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About the artist

Pablo Picasso
Pablo Picasso
1881–1973 · cubism

Pablo Ruiz Picasso was a Spanish painter and sculptor who spent most of his adult life in France. One of the most influential artists of the 20th century, he is known for co-founding the Cubist movement, the invention of constructed sculpture, the co-invention of collage, and for the wide variety…

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Francis Bacon
Francis Bacon
1909–1992 · surrealism

Francis Bacon was an Irish-born British figurative painter known for his raw, unsettling imagery. Focusing on the human form, his subjects included crucifixions, portraits of popes, self-portraits, and portraits of close friends, with abstracted figures sometimes isolated in geometrical structures.

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About the venue

Albertina
Albertina · Vienna

The Albertina is a museum in the Innere Stadt of Vienna, Austria. It houses one of the largest and most important print rooms in the world with approximately 65,000 drawings and approximately 1 million old master prints, as well as more modern graphic works, photographs and architectural drawings…

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