Salzburger Kunstverein Explained

Salzburger Kunstverein
Purpose:	To awaken love for art, and educate a sense for art
Membership:	550 (including 350 artists)
Staff:	10
Leader Title:	President
Leader Name:	Gerda Ridler^[1]
Leader Title2:	Director
Leader Name2:	Mirela Baciak
Headquarters:	Künstlerhaus
Location:	Hellbrunner Straße 3 5020 Salzburg Austria

The Salzburger Kunstverein is a contemporary art organisation that specialises in art exhibitions. It is located in Salzburg, Austria, and is housed in the Künstlerhaus, which was built in 1885. The Salzburger Kunstverein organizes between ten and twelve exhibitions of international and Austrian artists annually. The director since July 2023 is Mirela Baciak.^[2]

History

The Salzburger Kunstverein was founded on March 10, 1844. It was one of the first of such institutions in Austria. According to its founding principles, its aim is "to awaken love for art and educate a sense for art". In 1885 the "Künstlerhaus" was built. Today, it is still the Kunstverein's headquarters; it contains studio and exhibition areas as well.^[3]

Since 1992 the program has been elaborated and organised by the respective director (1992 Hildegund Amanshauser, 1993-1995 Silvia Eiblmayr, 1996-2004 Hildegund Amanshauser, 2005-2013 Hemma Schmutz, 2014-03/2023 Séamus Kealy, since 07/2023 Mirela Baciak) and aims to meet international standards. By means of exhibitions, symposia, lectures, workshops or networking projects with other institutions the concept aspires to discover new forms of promoting art.

In 2008 the Salzburger Kunstverein was awarded the ADKV-ART COLOGNE Price (together with the Westfälischer Kunstverein Münster) for its "excellent exhibition making and art education".^[4]

Selected exhibitions

Source: Salzburger Kunstverein^[5]

1993 Heimo Zobernig
1995 Marlene Dumas
1997 Elke Denda / Candida Höfer
1998 Stan Douglas
1999 Luc Tuymans
2000 Monica Bonvicini
2001 Erwin Wurm
2002 Elizabeth Peyton
2004 Cameron Jamie
2005 Ines Doujak
2006 Soleil Noir
2007 Peter Piller
2008 Gülsün Karamustafa
2009 Performing the East
2009 Dan Perjovschi
2010 Roman Ondák
2010 Manfred Pernice
2011 Constantin Luser
2012 Anna Jermolaewa
2014 Punctum
2014 Bedwyr Williams
2015 Überschönheit
2015 Paloma Varga Weisz
2015 Nedko Solakov
2016 Hans Schabus
2016 Stan Douglas
2016 The People's Cinema
2017 A Painter's Doubt
2017 Geoffrey Farmer / Gareth Moore
2018 Ashley Hans Scheirl
2019 Omer Fast
2020 Megan Rooney
2022 Khalil Rabah
2022 Camille Henrot
2023 Tarik Kiswanson

Prizes and awards

2008 ADKV-ART COLOGNE prize for Kunstvereine^[6]
2014 "Exhibition of the Year: Punctum", Profil Magazin (Profil 52, print, 22. Dec. 2014)
2015 Salzburg Culture Poster prize for the exhibition poster Invisible Violence^[7]
2016 "Top Five Exhibitions of the Year: The People's Cinema", Profil Magazin (Profil 52, print, 19. Dec. 2016)
2017 Salzburg Culture Poster prize for the exhibition poster A Painter's Doubt^[8]

Selected publications

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1994 150 Jahre Salzburger Kunstverein
1995 Lois Renner
1998 Florian Pumhösl
2005 Michael Raedecker
2005 Trichtlinburg
2007 Archiv Peter Piller. Zeitung
2008 Otto Zitko. Die Konstruktion der Geste
2011 Roman Ondák
2014 Punctum
2015 Stan Douglas
2016 The People's Cinema
2017 A Painter's Doubt
2020 Gernot Wieland
2021 ... Line as Thought, Lines as Universes ...

Literature

Gottfried Goiginger: Toleranz als Programm. Der Salzburger Kunstverein nach 1945. In: 150 Jahre Salzburger Kunstverein (Ed.), Kunst und Öffentlichkeit 1844–1994. Salzburg 1994, p. 171–199.
Roman Höllbacher: Das Künstlerhaus als Denkmal des Kunstvereins. In: 150 Jahre Salzburger Kunstverein (Ed.), Kunst und Öffentlichkeit 1844–1994. Salzburg 1994, p. 47–77.
Christa Svoboda: Zur Geschichte des Salzburger Kunstvereins. In: 150 Jahre Salzburger Kunstverein (Ed.), Kunst und Öffentlichkeit 1844–1994. Salzburg 1994, p. 9–46.

Notes and References

Web site: Board of Gov. . Salzburger-kunstverein.at . 4 August 2023 . en.
News: Mirela Baciak übernimmt Direktion des Salzburger Kunstvereins. live . 2023-08-04 . https://web.archive.org/web/20230804110153/https://www.derstandard.at/consent/tcf/story/2000146634421/mirela-baciak-uebernimmt-direktion-des-salzburger-kunstvereins . . 24 May 2023 . de-at . 4 August 2023 .
Web site: About us . Salzburger-kunstverein.at . live . 2023-08-04 . https://web.archive.org/web/20230804035424/https://www.salzburger-kunstverein.at/about_us . en . 4 August 2023.
Web site: About ADKV – Arbeitsgemeinschaft Deutscher Kunstvereine . Kunstvereine.de . 2023-08-04.
Web site: Salzburger Kunstverein / Exhibitions . www.salzburger-kunstverein.at. 11 March 2019.
Web site: ADKV-ART COLOGNE Award for Kunstvereine - Drupal – Arbeitsgemeinschaft Deutscher Kunstvereine. Kunstvereine.de. 11 March 2019.
Web site: Preisverleihung 2015 - Kulturportal der Stadt Salzburg. Karin. Schierhuber. Stadt-salzburg.at. 11 March 2019.
Web site: Preisverleihung 2017 - Kulturportal der Stadt Salzburg. Barbara. Köstler-Schruf. Stadt-salzburg.at. 11 March 2019.
Web site: Salzburger Kunstverein / Shop / Catalogues. Salzburger-kunstverein.at. 11 March 2019.