Another of those names that echo down the decades as a mainstay of modern art…uttered in the same breath as the likes of Warhol and Lichtenstein. The Albertina brings us a Jim Dine exhibition in another turn-of-the-year treat.
- Highlights from the in-house collection
- Focus on the self-portraits
- Around 37 works
- Runs Nov 8, 2024 – Mar 23, 2025
- Book Albertina tickets* in advance
- See also:
Dine & donations
(Jim Dine, Asleep with his Tools Jim Dreams, 2018; ALBERTINA, Wien, © Bildrecht, Vienna 2024)
Name the great museums of modern and contemporary art, and Dine’s works will likely be inside. The US artist began in the 1950s and hasn’t stopped; if you’d popped into a Venetian palazzo last summer, you’d have found new works he created for a collateral event at the 2024 Biennale.
The Jim Dine exhibition in Vienna draws on the Albertina’s own significant collection of his works, particularly the 230 self-portraits Dine donated to the museum.
These works allow the viewer to engage with Dine’s personal and artistic development through time.
You have, for example, the technical perspective in terms of the media, materials, printing processes and printmaking techniques used.
You have the creativity and commentary, where Dine explores such topics as age or intimacy.
And you have the self-portrait (in the widest sense of the concept) as self-representation, where the artist’s feelings take form in objects like tools, hearts and bathrobes.
That last aspect, in particular, echoes Dine’s own interest in self-portraiture. In one interview, he noted:
I have been drawing and painting myself for decades, it has always been a study of me and my unconscious.
And when asked in another discussion whether he still needed to look at himself, Dine answered:
I never stop looking. I never stop examining. I never stop inventing from what I see.
The Albertina’s exhibition bring us the results of that undiminished self-reflection, curiosity and interpretive drive. I’ll add personal highlights once I’ve had a chance to visit.
Dates, tickets & tips
Enjoy the delights of Dine from November 8th, 2024 to March 23rd, 2025. An entrance ticket for or from the Albertina includes the special exhibitions.
(Booking service provided by Tiqets.com*, who I am an affiliate of)
The Albertina has some other exceptional treats for us, too.
For example, a Marc Chagall retrospective continues through much of the same period. And towards the end of the Dine exhibition, travel back in time to admire the skills of the drawing greats of the Renaissance in the Leonardo – Dürer exhibition.
Incidentally, if any of the printmaking terms used in the Dine or drawing exhibitions confuse you, I feel your pain. That’s why I wrote this simple guide.
How to get there
Check the main Albertina overview article for travel tips. But it’s right in the centre and opposite the rear of the state opera house…a short walk from tram and subway stops.
Address: Albertinaplatz 1, 1010 Vienna