Museum der Moderne Salzburg

History and status quo

The Museum der Moderne Salzburg was founded with the "Schenkung Press Welz", a collection of modern prints, and opened in 1983 in the early Mönchsberg 32 baroque palace of the former seminary "Collegium Rupertinum" in the old 5020 Salzburg town of Salzburg as "Modern Gallery and Graphic Collection - Rupertinum".

Founding director Otto Breicha (1983―1998) expanded the collection by T +43 662 842220-601 buying Austrian photography. In this part of the collection, known as the F +43 662 842220-700

"Austrian Photo Gallery", holdings of the federal government are also [email protected] administered. Under the direction of Director Peter Weiermair (1998―2001), www.museumdermoderne.at the program of the Rupertinum has become more internationally oriented.

In the 1990s, spectacular plans for a Guggenheim Museum Salzburg in the rock of the Mönchsberg were forged, which were ultimately not realized. Finally, a new building for a "museum of modernity" was erected on the Mönchsberg, where the Café Winkler was previously located. In 2004, under the direction of Agnes Husslein (2000―2005) opened the Museum der Moderne on Mönchsberg. In the 2000s, the house was brought closer to contemporary art, which has for some time been the focus of the program. Under director Toni Stooss (2005―2013), a prominent painting by Gustav Klimt was restituted to the rightful owners. With a portion of the sales proceeds generously donated by the owners, the former water tower on Mönchsberg was upgraded. Since 2014, the significant building, henceforth referred to as the "Amalie-Redlich-Turm", is operated as a center for art education with an artist studio apartment.

Director Sabine Breitwieser (2013―2018) successfully re-profiled the museum. Large solo exhibitions have been dedicated to important female artists, and non-Western artists have been increasingly included in the program. In 2014, the Museum der Moderne Salzburg was able to enter into a comprehensive partnership with the Generali Foundation, and its long- standing international and high-quality collection was won on permanent loan. With the partial renovation of the Rupertinum 2016 and the construction of the new art storage unit in 2017, important improvements to the infrastructure of the museum were realized.

Since September 2018 Thorsten Sadowsky is the new director of the Museum der Moderne Salzburg. He defines the museum as a discussion forum that draws its legitimacy from a critical location of past and present. The exhibition spectrum ranges from classical modernity to conceptual art, light and sound art to media art and to current positions in non-European art. The Museum der Moderne Salzburg is to be positioned in the sense of a comprehensive pictorial scientific term as an international competence center for art, photography and visual cultures.

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Activities

Exhibitions Press Twelve or more exhibitions each year convey the content and forms of Mönchsberg 32 modern and contemporary art as well as their significance for society in 5020 Salzburg general. Covering an area of around 3,000 square meters, the Museum der Austria

Moderne Salzburg presents exhibitions on classical modernism, art since the T +43 662 842220-601 end of the Second World War and the present day. In addition, a number of F +43 662 842220-700 catalogs are published annually covering the collections and exhibitions, [email protected] among them standard works with a high academic standard. www.museumdermoderne.at

With the largest and most unique collections of photography, including the Austrian Federal Photography Collection, the Museum der Moderne Salzburg is also the competence center for photography in Austria. The extensive collection holdings entrusted to the museum comprise a total of around 61,000 works. Among them are 30,000 prints, 30,000 photographs, 800 paintings and 200 sculptures. In addition to its own collection owned by the Province of Salzburg, it manages a number of collections in the form of permanent loans.

In 2014, the Generali Foundation's collection was entrusted to the Museum der Moderne Salzburg as part of a comprehensive partnership for an initial 25 years on permanent loan. This collection, one of the most important private collections in Austria, is characterized by a high international format and a multiplicity and entanglement of artistic disciplines and media. The focus of the Generali Foundation Collection is on feminist, conceptual and critical artistic positions of the 1960s and 1970s. Since 2014, works of the Generali Foundation Collection have been exhibited in a specially dedicated area of the Museum on the Mönchsberg all year round in dialogue with other museum collections.

Publications During its thirty years of existence, the Museum der Moderne Salzburg has already published a series of catalogs on its collections and exhibitions. Under the current management, it is increasingly important to publish standard works with a high scientific standard, with which the museum can distinguish itself. Information about the publications can be found on the website.

Art Education A special focus of the Museum der Moderne Salzburg is on the art education, which has been established at the museum relatively early on. Different programs address a wide range of audiences, especially young museum visitors. The Art Education Department has two Ateliers in the Rupertinum and the Amalie-Redlich-Turm.

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Collections

The Museum der Moderne Salzburg is responsible for diverse and extensive Press collections, totaling around 55,000 works, ranging from the 19th and 20th Mönchsberg 32 centuries to the present, that originally focused on graphics and 5020 Salzburg photography. Together with the works owned by the province of Salzburg, Austria the Museum der Moderne Salzburg also looks after the Austrian Federal T +43 662 842220-601 Photography Collection with around 12,000 titles alone. Another prominent F +43 662 842220-700 collection entrusted to the museum since 2014 is the internationally oriented [email protected] Generali Foundation Collection with around 2,100 works in various media www.museumdermoderne.at and a focus on conceptual, media and performance-based art. All in all, around 31,000 works on paper, 22,000 photographs, 800 paintings, 700 sculptures and installations as well as 800 film and video works including installations using electronic media are in the custody of the Museum der Moderne Salzburg.

Focus Within the holdings of the Museum der Moderne Salzburg, works on paper, in particular modern graphics, occupy a high place. Furthermore, since the founding of the museum in the early 1980s, a collection of Austrian photography of the post-war period has been continuously developed. From the turn of the 19th to the 20th century, 13 of the 14 portfolio works by Max Klinger, some important drawings by Gustav Klimt and Egon Schiele as well as a 450-sheet compilation by Alfred Kubin are represented. Works of both early German and Austrian Expressionism as well as Neo- Expressionism of the 1980s form another focus. The collection also contains the almost complete printed œuvre of Oskar Kokoschka with a total of 550 leaves. A specifically Austrian variant of the expressive realism of the 1960s to the 1980s documents the roughly 300 works compilation of works by Georg Eisler. Important positions of Austrian contemporary art, such as Erwin Wurm or Heimo Zobernig, have also found their way into the collection. In recent years, these have been expanded internationally through acquisitions of larger works and groups of works, for example by Kader Attia, Andrea Geyer, Renée Green, Nilbar Güres, Dorit Margreiter or Paulina Olowska - artists who distinguish themselves through a critical-reflexive examination of art.

The Museum der Moderne Salzburg acts as the competence center for Austrian photography after 1945 and is responsible for the extensive holdings of the in-house collection and the Austrian Federal Photography Collection, which have been entrusted to the museum for many years. Among the prominent early examples are photographs by Inge Morath, Ernst Haas and Franz Hubmann. The Viennese Actionism with Günther Brus, Otto Muehl, Hermann Nitsch and Rudolf Schwarzkogler forms a thematic complex of the 1960s. Works by Renate Bertlmann, VALIE EXPORT or Friederike Pezold open up feminist perspectives of this time. For the period from the mid-1970s, the Museum der Moderne Salzburg has extensive series of artists of the so-called author photography such as Elfriede Mejchiar, Museum der Moderne – Rupertinum Betriebsgesellschaft mbH FN 2386452 1/4 Press Kit Collections Firmenbuchgericht Salzburg

Press Michaela Moscouw, Cora Pongracz and the architectural photographer Margherita Spiluttini. In addition to the estate of Kurt Talos are extensive T +43 662 842220-601 F +43 662 842220-700 collections of Heinz Cibulka, Seiichi Furuya, Leo Kandl, Günther Selichar, Ingeborg Strobl and Manfred Willmann in the collection. In addition, there are [email protected] artists in the sense of image-analytical photography, who study photography www.museumdermoderne.at in the medium itself. They question the relationship between image and reality and the expressive possibilities of photography such as Horáková + Maurer, Michael Schuster and Herwig Kempinger. The exploration of the medium of photography by the younger generation of artists is represented with works by Kathi Hofer, Paul Kranzler, Tatiana Lecomte Marko Lulić, Andrew Phelps or Isa Rosenberger.

The Generali Foundation Collection is characterized by extensive works by internationally renowned artists and spans a period from the late 1950s to the present, with experimental art of the 1960s and 1970s shaping the focus. Starting point are groups of works by important protagonists of the sculpture of the post-war period in Austria, including Bruno Gironcoli, Roland Goeschl, Hans Hollein and Walter Pichler, including the following generation with Franz West or Heimo Zobernig. The work of media artist VALIE EXPORT forms a highlight of the collection with a large number of her feminist- actionist and expanded-cinema works, including the legendary TAPP and TASTKINO (1968). Initially, collecting activities focused on the work of Austrian artists, which was soon transferred to international artists and thematic focuses. A large collection complex includes artistic works that include themes on architecture and design, by artists such as , Dan Graham, Edward Krasiński, Gordon Matta-Clark or Gustav Metzger and in the younger generation of Dorit Margreiter, Mathias Poledna, Marjetica Potrc or Florian Pumhösl. Another focus is on works by artists such as , Sanja Ivekovic, Mary Kelly, Adrian Piper, Martha Rosler and Carolee Schneemann, who focus on feminist and media-critical content, partly in a performance-based form. Works by artists who deal critically with the role of the electronic media or with language or writing generally form a focus, among them Gottfried Bechtold, Ernst Caramelle, Harun Farocki, Morgan Fisher, Richard Kriesche, Friedl Kubelka, David Lamelas, Gerhard Rühm, Allan Sekula or Peter Weibel. In the Generali Foundation Collection, works of artists who are critical of institutions like Hans Haacke and Goran Trbuljak meet the younger generation such as Alice Creischer / Andreas Siekmann, Maria Eichhorn or Andrea Fraser.

History The cornerstone of the Museum der Moderne Salzburg is the gift of the art dealer Friedrich Welz, who donated his personal art collection, predominantly a collection of modern printmaking, to the province of Salzburg at the end of the 1970s with the order to found a museum. The then "Modern Gallery and Graphic Collection - Rupertinum" was opened in 1983 in the historic Baroque building Rupertinum with the claim to be the "Albertina of the West". Due to the cooperation of Welz in the construction of a collection for the Führer Museum in Linz, the Museum der Moderne Salzburg was prompted to carry out extensive research on the provenance of its collections. Restitution of works, such as the painting Litzlberg am

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Austrian photography after 1945. Meanwhile, the museum has the most extensive public collection in this area in Austria. From the beginning and contractually since 2002, the Museum der Moderne Salzburg was entrusted with the Austrian Federal Photography Collection, which is constantly being expanded.

Since the opening of the new building on Mönchsberg in the fall of 2004 under the direction of Agnes Husslein-Arco, the Museum der Moderne Salzburg has far more spacious exhibition rooms than before in the historic Baroque building of the Rupertinum in the festival district. Therefore, a reorientation took place, in which the printing and photographic collections are no longer in the foreground, but from now on also large-format works and installations in different media.

Under the direction of Sabine Breitwieser, in 2014 the Generali Foundation Collection was entrusted to the Museum der Moderne Salzburg as part of a comprehensive partnership for an initial 25 years. This collection is characterized by its international orientation as well as a multiplicity and entanglement of artistic disciplines and media. The main focus of the Generali Foundation Collection is on feminist, conceptual and institution- critical artistic positions from the 1960s and 1970s to the present day. With around 2,100 works by around 250 internationally renowned artists, it is one of the most important private collections in Austria in this field. Since 2014, works by the Generali Foundation Collection in dialogue with the other museum collections have been shown all year round in a dedicated area of the Museum on the Mönchsberg.

Austrian Federal Photography Collection The Museum der Moderne Salzburg, formerly the " Modern Gallery and Graphic Collection - Rupertinum", has been collecting photography since 1981. The founding of the so-called "Österreichische Fotogalerie" was announced on January 22, 1981. This subsumed purchases from funds of the province of Salzburg and the Federal Ministry. The founding director of the museum and the photo collection is the theater scholar, publicist and art historian Otto Breicha. His goal was to create a place where contemporary photography was collected and accessible to a specialist audience for research purposes. The purchase batches of the federal government and the acquisitions of the province of Salzburg are related to each other. Through the direction of director Breicha (1981―1998) and his work in the photo advisory both collection strands grew in parallel. This development was also promoted by Margit Zuckriegl's many years as curator of the collection from 1985 to February 2016, as well as her membership of the photo advisory board of the Federal Ministry from 1985―1988 and from 1995―1998. In contrast to the early years under Breicha, when works were exclusively bought by Austrian photographers, the collection of photos of the federal government

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Press now also includes international artists who work in Austria or come from the local schools. T +43 662 842220-601 F +43 662 842220-700 Since 2013, the collection part of the federal government is referred to as "Austrian Federal Photography Collection at the Museum der Moderne [email protected] Salzburg" and includes about 12,000 individual titles. It has grown into a www.museumdermoderne.at national image and media memory over a period of 36 years. Its history makes institutional developments, networks of the protagonists, political goals, such as the promotion and public appreciation of photographers, as well as the media self-image of photography in Austria readable.

Generali Foundation Collection The Generali Foundation Collection is one of the most important private collections in Austria with around 2,100 works by 250 internationally renowned artists. In the first years of collecting, there was a confrontation with post-war sculpture in Austria. However, the focus was soon shifted to critical art and to sociopolitical issues in works of art by international artists. As one of the first collections in Austria, the Generali Foundation devoted itself to experimental and institution-critical art, and at the same time also began working with electronic media. Artistic photography, film, video and installation, as well as the use of speech and writing―in short, media that allow artists a process-oriented way of working―have been determining this unique collection for many years. At a very early stage, the Generali Foundation was committed to art that was regarded as well as non- canonized in specialist circles, paying special attention to the artistic creation of women. After thirty years of pioneering work in the Generali Foundation Collection, expansive works, conceptual and performative art as well as media and socio-critical works from the 1960s and 1970s enter into dialogue with works by a younger generation of artists.

Former collections At the time of the construction of the new building on the Mönchsberg there were efforts to bind the private collection Batliner, now located at the Albertina in Vienna, to the Museum der Moderne Salzburg. For a short time, during the direction of Anges Husslein-Arco, there was a collaboration with the TB21 collection of Francesca von Habsburg. In 2008, under the direction of Toni Stooss, two more collections were borrowed, which are no longer located at the museum today. The collection FOTOGRAFIS Unicredit Bank Austria with around 640 works is one of the most important international historical photo collections in Austria and was withdrawn by the owner back to Vienna at the end of 2017. From 2010 to the end of 2016, the museum also owned the MAP collection from private German property with around 350 top-class works of German painting and sculpture.

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Venues and hours

Mönchsberg (opened 2004) Press Museum der Moderne Salzburg Mönchsberg 32 Mönchsberg 32 5020 Salzburg 5020 Salzburg Austria

Accessible with the (charges apply) MönchsbergAufzug T +43 662 842220-601 F +43 662 842220-700 Hours [email protected] Tue―Sun 10 a.m.―6 p.m., Wed 10 a.m.―8 p.m. www.museumdermoderne.at During Festival Season also Mon 10 a.m.―6 p.m.

The new building was designed by Friedrich Hoff Zwink, Architekturbüro München. The cladding of the facade from the local Untersberg marble is divided by vertical joints. In addition to a climatic function, it reflects the staves of arias from Mozart's opera Don Giovanni. The interior offers the best conditions for the presentation of art on a generous exhibition area of 2,300 square meters. The four levels can be reached via a spacious staircase with spectacular views. The top floor has skylights and daylight that can be hidden as needed.

Amalie-Redlich-Tower (opened 2004) Museum der Moderne Salzburg Mönchsberg 32 5020 Salzburg

On around 280 square meters of usable space spread over seven floors, the Amalie-Redlich-Turm has been offering beautiful spaces for art education since 2014, especially a studio for creative work and providing discipline- spanning (media) workshops. The artist studio apartment in the Amalie- Redlich-Tower with approximately 90 square meters spans three levels. The terrace and the observation tower offer a spectacular view of Salzburg and the surrounding area. Beginning with the conception of the new building for the museum on the Mönchsberg it was planned to integrate the historical water tower from the year 1892 in the architecture. The efforts to expand the tower failed for a long time due to the lack of financial resources. These were finally generously provided by the Jorisch family. The former water tower is dedicated to Amalie Redlich (1868 Budapest, HU―1942 Auschwitz- Birkenau, PL). The born Zuckerkandl was the owner of the painting Litzlberg am Attersee (1915) by Gustav Klimt, which was restituted in 2011 by the province of Salzburg to Georg Jorisch (1928 Vienna, AT―2012 Quebec, CN), the grandson of Amalie Redlich and heir of the valuable work of art. Amalie Redlich, who was deported to Poland together with her daughter Mathilde in 1941 and subsequently murdered, acquired the painting from the estate of her brother Victor and her sister-in-law Paula Zuckerkandl before 1938. The painting was confiscated by the Gestapo along with other works of art. Via the Salzburg art dealer and collector Friedrich Welz, the picture was transferred to the Salzburger Landesgalerie in 1944, to the Salzburg Museum der Moderne – Rupertinum Betriebsgesellschaft mbH FN 2386452 1/2 Press Kit Venues and hours Firmenbuchgericht Salzburg

Press Residenzgalerie in 1952, and finally to the inventory of the Moderne Galerie and Graphische Sammlung - Rupertinum (now Museum der Moderne T +43 662 842220-601 F +43 662 842220-700 Salzburg). [email protected] Rupertinum (opened 1983, partially renovated in 2016) www.museumdermoderne.at

Museum der Moderne Salzburg Rupertinum Wiener-Philharmoniker-Gasse 9 5020 Salzburg

Hours Tue―Sun 10 a.m.―6 p.m., Wed 10 a.m.―8 p.m. During Festival Season also Mon 10 a.m.―6 p.m.

Generali Foundation Study Center (since Autumn 2016) Tue―Thu 10 a.m.―3 p.m. and by appointment

The Rupertinum, an early Baroque building in the center of the old town, was rebuilt in 1983 by architect Gerhard Garstenauer as the " and Graphic Collection - Rupertinum". The building was mentioned as early as 1350 and was built in 1633 in the early Baroque style. Under Archbishop Paris Lodron, the Palais Collegium Rupertinum served as a training ground for priests, and until 1974, it was run as a home for pupils and students. In 2016, the exhibition rooms and library of the Rupertinum were redesigned and redeveloped to plans by Kuehn Malvezzi Architects (Berlin / Milan). On levels 2 to 3, the Generali Foundation Study Center with the Franz West Lounge was established in 2016. In the immediate surroundings of the exhibitions, visual experience and research are combined and knowledge made directly tangible. The extensive archives, the library and parts of the Generali Foundation Collection, combined as permanent loans with the holdings of the Museum der Moderne Salzburg, are available free of charge

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Governance and main partners

The Museum der Moderne Salzburg is a limited liability company (Museum Press der Moderne - Rupertinum Betriebsgesellschaft mbH) and is funded by the Mönchsberg 32 Province of Salzburg. The activities are financed in addition to a high 5020 Salzburg proportion of self-generated funds from income, donations and sponsorship. Austria

T +43 662 842220-601 Supervisory Board F +43 662 842220-700 State Councilor Brigitta Pallauf, Chairwoman [email protected] Simon Heilig-Hofbauer, Deputy www.museumdermoderne.at State Councilor Daniela Gutschi Johannes Schwaninger

Management Thorsten Sadowsky, Director Friedrun Schwanzer, Managing Director

Partners Province of Salzburg: Governor Wilfried Haslauer Federal Chancellery (Austrian Federal Photography Collection): Federal Minister Gernot Blümel Generali Foundation: Dietrich Karner, President

Society of Friends and Patrons Board: Marcus Winkler, President Ulrike Godler, Vice-President Arno Haslinger, Vice-President Bettina Pressl, Secretary Johannes Edelsbacher, Treasurer Stefan Fuchs, Auditor

Further members: Susanne Zrost-Treul Ingeborg Fazelnia

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