Neue Galerie showcases Schiele exhibition
- Neue Galerie New York is not staging a broad Schiele survey this spring; it is showing “Egon Schiele: Portrait of Dr. Erwin von Graff,” a focused exhibition on the artist’s relationship with his physician-patron. - The show centers on Schiele’s 1910 portrait of Dr. Erwin von Graff and brings together about 40 works from 1910 to 1918, the first exhibition devoted to that connection. - The opening lands amid a crowded spring museum season, with the Met’s “Raphael: Sublime Poetry” and Stanford’s free Jeremy Frey show broadening the U.S. exhibition calendar. (metmuseum.org)
Neue Galerie New York’s Schiele show this spring is not a general retrospective but a tightly framed exhibition about one sitter: Dr. Erwin von Graff. (neuegalerie.org) The exhibition, “Egon Schiele: Portrait of Dr. Erwin von Graff,” opened on February 12, 2026 and is listed by the museum as running through May 25, 2026. It examines Schiele’s relationship with the Vienna surgeon and gynecologist who became a friend, patron, and collaborator. (neuegalerie.org 1) (neuegalerie.org 2) At the center is Schiele’s 1910 portrait of von Graff, with roughly 40 works from 1910 to 1918 assembled around it. Neue Galerie says this is the first exhibition to study that relationship on its own terms. (neuegalerie.org) (surfacemag.com) That framing changes the story the museum is telling about Schiele. Instead of emphasizing only the Austrian artist’s jagged self-portraits and nudes, the show links his art to a specific medical and social circle in Vienna before his death in 1918. (neuegalerie.org) Neue Galerie’s own site had mixed date language in recent listings, with one page showing “Feb 12 — May 4, 2026” and the exhibition page showing “Through May 25, 2026.” The current exhibition page and exhibitions listing both indicate May 25, 2026. (neuegalerie.org 1) (neuegalerie.org 2) (neuegalerie.org 3) The Schiele presentation is opening into a busy museum season in the United States. The Metropolitan Museum of Art’s “Raphael: Sublime Poetry” opened March 29 and runs through June 28, 2026, billed by the Met as the first comprehensive international loan exhibition on Raphael in the United States. (metmuseum.org) On the West Coast, Stanford’s Cantor Arts Center opened “Jeremy Frey: Woven” on March 26, 2026 as the exhibition’s final and only West Coast stop. Cantor says admission is free and the show runs through July 20, 2026. (museum.stanford.edu) (seegreatart.art) So the Schiele story here is narrower than the social posts suggested: one portrait, one doctor, and one artist’s network, rather than a catchall survey of Schiele’s career. At Neue Galerie, that smaller frame is the point. (neuegalerie.org)
