Care Matters: Albertina explores the invisible labor that sustains society

A new exhibition at the Albertina in Vienna is turning the spotlight on one of the most essential — yet often overlooked — forms of work in society: care. Titled “Care Matters,” the exhibition draws from the renowned VERBUND Collection and brings together around 50 works by 33 Austrian and international artists to examine the social, political, and emotional dimensions of caregiving. Curated by Gabriele Schor, founding director of the VERBUND Collection, the exhibition runs from March 12 through June 28, 2026, in the museum’s Tietze Galleries. Moving through five thematic sections, the show traces how artists have addressed care and domestic labor from the Feminist Avant-Garde of the 1970s to the present day. Many of the works on view have only recently entered the VERBUND Collection and several are being presented in Austria for the first time. At its core, Care Matters asks a simple but powerful