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 is one of the most prominent international exponents of Austrian conceptual art. Since the 1970s, he has probed the unstable relationship between reality and illusion, between the picture and 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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5 upcoming
The Day Is Gone: 100 Years of the New Objectivity
The 1920s and 1930s were loud, dazzling, and full of contradictions. Between the metropolis and nightlife, work and leisure, progress and uncertainty, a visual language of astonishing precision emerged—one that has lost…
Curiosity in Flux: Art from Salzburg between Fresh Start and Recollection
The exhibition brings together works by artists from Salzburg, offering diverse perspectives on a place often associated with picturesque landscapes, Baroque architecture and a rich cultural heritage. Through unexpected…
Irma Toledo. Painting as Freedom Unfolding
Irma Rafaela Toledo did not fulfill her wish to work as a painter until after the Second World War. Born into a Jewish merchant family, she survived by hiding in the mountains near Salzburg during the last two years of…
Kokoschka’s Backgrounds
With Kokoschka's Backgrounds, the Museum der Moderne Salzburg presents an exhibition at its Old Town venue (Rupertinum) that offers insights into Kokoschka's compositions. The focus is on the evolution of his pictorial…
Why are You Creative? By Hermann Vaske
What makes an idea a good idea? What defines the genius of creative people? For more than thirty years, filmmaker and author Hermann Vaske has posed these questions to some of the most influential writers, artists,…