In the Spirit of Friendship

Dom Museum Wien
September 27, 2024 – August 24, 2025
opening September 26 at 7PM

Friendship is a basic human need: relationships with others, spiritual closeness, and chosen family shape our lives. Its universal significance as a part of human social behavior, whether on a personal or socio-political level, makes it a recurring theme of artistic exploration.

Dom Museum Wien approaches the topic using graphics, painting, sculpture, photography, video, and installations, that form a space for exploring the facets of friendship. In addition to national and international loans and new commissioned works, the show also offers insights into the collections of Dom Museum Wien – from the Middle Ages to the present.

With artwork by Theodore Alconiere, Christian Ludwig Attersee, Jean Béraud, Ákos Birkás, Pierre Bismuth, Günter Brus, Annibale Carracci, Claude Closky, Die Damen, Peter Fendi, Heribert Friedl, Marlene Fröhlich, Helene Funke, Gustav Gaul, Gelatin/Gelitin, Dorothee Golz, Juliette Green, Lisa Großkopf, Nick Hagen, Robert Hammerstiel, Xenia Hausner, Bettina Hutschek, Susanna Inglada, Franz Christoph Janneck, Leander Kaiser, Dejan Kaludjerović, Barbara Kapusta, Oleg Karpov, Mayya Kelova, Anders Krisár, Maria Lassnig, Thomas Lévy-Lasne, Master of the Albrecht Altar, Carl von Merode, Johann Josef Mildner, Tracey Moffatt, Nicola Muirhead, Muntean/Rosenblum, Hermann Nitsch, Matthias Noggler, Lisl Ponger, Arnulf Rainer, Dieter Roth, Gerhard Rühm, Maruša Sagadin, Alessandra Sanguinetti, Hans Schäufelein and members of the Dürer workshop, Dominik Steiger, Gudmund Stenersen, Johann Till the Younger, Switzin Twikirize, Tanzio da Varallo, Robin Waart, Nives Widauer, Oswald Wiener, Carina Yepez, Yuge Zhou, and historic artists whose names are not known.

Curator: Johanna Schwanberg
Co-Curator: Klaus Speidel
Curatorial assistants: Nina Schermann, Anke Wiedmann