Schönberg described a work of art as “a labyrinth where, at every point, every knowledgeable person is aware of the entrance and the exit without needing a golden thread to guide him.” The new exhibition shows just how very exciting it can be to enter a labyrinth and encounter an artistic event at every junction.

Its content and architecture illustrate Schönberg’s lifelong topic of the “idea” in all its representational variety. Music is at the center with painting and other manifestations of his creative drive as multifaceted guidelines toward discovering an artistic figure who was as path-breaking as he was imaginative.

Replicas of objects from Schönberg’s living environment allow direct contact with items in his everyday life (letters, calendars, photo albums, music scores, concert programs, etc.).

Idea: Lawrence Schoenberg
Curators: Christoph Edtmayr, Eike Feß, Therese Muxeneder
Architecture: Erich Woschitz
Visual Design: Bohatsch und Partner

Opening Hours:
Mon – Fri, 10 am to 5 pm
closed on 24 and 31 December 2019 and on legal holidays
On concert evenings, the exhibition opens one hour before the event begins. Admission is free for concertgoers.

Entrance fee:
Adults: € 6
Vienna City Card: € 4,80
Club Ö1, mdw club, CLUB WIEN-Card: € 5,40
School children, apprentices, students, reserves, civil servants, senior citizens, visitors with special needs: € 3
Group adults (10 people minimum): € 4,50
Group with discount (10 people minimum): € 2,50
Free entrance: Children under 12 years, Kulturpass-holders

Press Kit (pdf)

Press Photos:

Arnold Schönberg, 1924	Entwurf	Entwurf
Arnold Schönberg: Der musikalische Gedanke 1921 – 1926 Manuskript	Arnold Schönberg: Der musikalische Gedanke 1921 – 1926 Manuskript	Die formbildenden Tendenzen der Harmonie 1939 – 1948 Aufstellung harmonischer Regionen
Grünes Selbstportrait Öl auf Karton 23. Oktober 1910 Catalogue raisonné 15 Belmont Music Publishers, Los Angeles / VBK Wien, 2013	Blauer Blick Öl auf Karton Ca. März 1910 Catalogue raisonné 64 Belmont Music Publishers, Los Angeles / VBK Wien, 2013	Streichquartett Nr. 3 op. 30 1927 Reihentabelle © Universal Edition, Wien
Die glückliche Hand op. 18 1910 – 1913 Reinschrift © Universal Edition, Wien	Streichquartett Nr. 2 fis-Moll op. 10 1907 – 1908 Skizzen im III. Skizzenbuch © Universal Edition, Wien
Exhibition photos: © Hannes Böck