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In conversation, Albertina Director General Ralph Gleis and Chief Curator Christof Metzger explore the fascinating technique of Renaissance drawings on colored ground. Through impressive examples from the exhibition “Leonardo – Dürer. Renaissance Master Drawings on Colored Ground”, they reveal how drawing evolved from mere sketching to an autonomous art form, blending science, painting, and a quest to capture the world.

Albertina Director General Ralph Gleis and curator Achim Gnann discuss Leonardo da Vinci’s masterful use of colored paper. In the exhibition “Leonardo – Dürer. Renaissance Master Drawings on Colored Ground”, they show how Leonardo experimented with materials, colors, and techniques to achieve emotional depth and expressive power.

Basquiat was the youngest participant ever who exhibited at the documenta, an artist, who criticized discrimination, social injustice, rassism and consumerism with his expressional power he inspired many artists of our times. The Albertina museum now opened the first museum show in Austria dedicated to the work of Jean-Michel Basquiat. CastYourArt produced an exhibition-portrait which gives an insight into this famous artists live and work.