Heidi Horten Collection Vienna

The Heidi Horten Collection in the heart of the historical city of Vienna

The Heidi Horten Collection is the exhibition hotspot in the heart of the historical city of Vienna. Situated right next to the State Opera, it is a private museum: a passionate female collector’s vision has been fulfilled. Spectacular architecture encounters high-caliber works by Klimt, Picasso, and Warhol.

The exhibition houses a diverse selection of artworks from different eras and genres. With her extensive collection, Heidi Horten has not only made a significant contribution to the art world, but has also enriched Vienna's cultural heritage. The director of the museum, Agnes Husslein-Arco, emphasized that Heidi Horten, as the founder of the museum, also set an example in a male-dominated sector. With EasyCityPass Vienna you receive a 20% discount on the standard admission price to the Heidi Horten Collection!*

The art collector Heidi Goëss-Horten

Heidi Goëss-Horten (1941-2022) created an art collection of international standing with great sensitivity and passion. Over the last few decades, an impressive collection of several hundred paintings, sculptures and prints has been created, which today offers a profound overview of the development of 20th and 21st century art. The collection brings together a who's who of art history from the turn of the century to classical modernism and contemporary art.

Heidi Goëss-Horten, always striving for discretion and anonymity, attracted the attention of the international media on several occasions, particularly in the early phase of her increased involvement as a collector. For example, when she acquired around 30 masterpieces of modern and contemporary art at a single auction in London, giving the collection art-historical significance and profile overnight.

The Heidi Horten Collection includes not only paintings and prints, but also an impressive sculpture park, which is presented in front of the museum.

Extensive collection

From the impressionist masterpieces of Renoir to the powerful abstract works of Yves Klein and Georg Baselitz, the collection spans a broad spectrum of styles and forms of expression. Each artist brings their individual perspective and artistic vision, making the collection a fascinating reflection of the development of art in the 20th and 21st centuries.

Horten also acquired significant works by Andy Warhol and Roy Lichtenstein, placing an emphasis on Pop Art. The inclusion of these renowned artists in the Heidi Horten Collection underlines not only the art-historical significance of the collection, but also Heidi Goëss-Horten's impressive taste and astute selection as a collector. Her collection has become a source of inspiration and pleasure for contemporary art lovers and visitors from all over the world.

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The complete collection includes names such as Pierre-Auguste Renoir, Joan Miró, Max Pechstein, Carl Hofer, Pablo Picasso, Henri Matisse, Paul Klee, René Magritte, Fernand Léger, Niki de Saint Phalle, Egon Schiele, Lucio Fontana, Jean Dubuffet, Lucian Freud, Francis Bacon, Yves Klein and Georg Baselitz.

The current exhibition in the Heidi Horten Collection

We ❤️ (we love): 24th November 2023 until 25th August 2024

The exhibition features a selection of high-caliber artworks from the Heidi Horten Collection, curated in three thematic categories that represent the collection's principal content areas: Expressionism, especially in its German variant; art from the 1960s and 1970s, with a specific emphasis on U.S., Italian, and German positions and painting and sculpture in the field of tension between figuration and abstraction.

Visitors of the museum will play a significant role in the exhibition concept. They will have the opportunity to select around twenty artworks from the collection, either on-site or through social media, which will then be permanently displayed in a special area of the museum.

The Heidi Horten Collection is home to a masterpiece by Gustav Klimt entitled Church in Unterach on Lake Attersee, created between 1915 and 1916. The artwork will be featured in one of the “Kabinett” rooms alongside graphic works by artists of the same period. These works are juxtaposed in dialogue with contemporary works from the Heidi Horten Collection. The unifying element is the square – Klimt's trademark, as it were – which gained exceptional popularity in "Vienna around 1900" and has since been adopted by an astonishing number of contemporary artists.

We ❤ is inherently linked to the WOW! exhibition that took place in 2018. Following its successful presentation at the Leopold Museum in Vienna, Heidi Goëss-Horten decided to build a museum to permanently house the collection, with the goal of making it accessible to a broader audience and creating an art experience for anyone to enjoy. By directly involving visitors in selecting artworks, the vision of the museum's founder takes on a fresh perspective.

An exhibition guide for the Heidi Horten Collection will be released to coincide with the show.

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