Museum der Moderne Salzburg
The Museum der Moderne Salzburg collects, preserves, studies, displays, and communicates the art of the 20th and 21st centuries. The Museum is a dynamic, cultural forum at the heart of Europe, with international appeal and significance. It cultivates an interdisciplinary dialog between the arts. With its two locations – on the Mönchsberg and in the Rupertinum in the old town – it sees itself as a meeting place and a venue for discussions.
The Museum der Moderne Salzburg is a major player on the contemporary art scene, discussing issues that are topical and socially relevant. It is committed to a diverse, inclusive society, and sees art as a medium of knowledge and change. It breaks down barriers and communicates art through diverse approaches. It has an inclusive policy towards its visitors, enabling them to participate and experience art in an active manner.
The Museum der Moderne Salzburg is committed to the United Nations’ Sustainable Development Goals and shares the international community’s vision of a good future for all human beings.
Now on view
7 exhibitions
Charlotte Perriand. Living Modernism: Design, Photography, Architecture
Katharina Ehrl, Barbara Herzog, Katharina Ehrl und Barbara Herzog
With Charlotte Perriand. Living Modernism: Design, Photography, Architecture the Museum der Moderne Salzburg dedicates the first major retrospective in Austria to the French architect and designer Charlotte Perriand.…
BASELITZ MANIFESTOS
Barbara Herzog, Harald Krejci, Tina Teufel
The Museum der Moderne Salzburg is dedicating two exhibitions at its two venues to the internationally renowned artist and Salzburg-based Georg Baselitz. Together, they span the decades from his early drawings to his…
GENERATOR #5: Georgia Gardner Gray. Stones
Marijana Schneider
Georgia Gardner Gray (1988, New York, NY, US) is one of the most exciting painters of our time. She transforms our everyday into keenly observed and surprisingly disconcerting compositions using cultural symbols ranging…
BASELITZ NOW
Harald Krejci, Tina Teufel
The Museum der Moderne Salzburg is dedicating two exhibitions at its two venues to the internationally renowned artist and Salzburg-based Georg Baselitz. Together, they span the decades from his early drawings to his…
Stano Filko. 12 Chakras of Becoming
Boris Ondreička, Jürgen Tabor
Stano Filko was one of the most visionary and most radical protagonists of the Central European neo-avantgarde. The Generali Foundation Collection—Permanent Loan to the Museum der Moderne Salzburg dedicates a…
Ernst Caramelle. Figures of Thought
Jürgen Tabor
Ernst Caramelle (Hall in Tirol, AT, 1952–Frankfurt am Main, DE, and New York, US) is one of the defining voices in Austrian conceptual art. His multifaceted oeuvre revolves not around the object but around the…
Reading and Media Lounge
Stefanie Grünangerl
Set in the heart of Salzburg’s old town, the redesigned reading and media lounge at the Rupertinum invites the public to read, look, and rest. It offers selected literature from the libraries of the Museum der Moderne…
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3 upcoming
Curiosity in Flux: Art from Salzburg between Fresh Start and Recollection
The exhibition gathers works by artists who, in one way or another, had a relationship with Salzburg. They interrogate the landscape with its mountains and bodies of water and explore fresh starts, efforts to spread…
Irma Toledo
Irma Rafaela Toledo (Laufen, DE, 1910–Salzburg, AT, 2002), née Irma Friedman, adopts the artist’s name Toledo in a nod to a nickname from her youth. Her dream of forging a career as a painter does not come true until…
Kokoschka’s Backgrounds
Kokoschka’s guiding interest in his early portraits is to capture the inner life and mental state of his subjects. With his “X-ray vision,” he seeks to peer behind the façade of their outward appearance. The design of…