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21/05/2026

OUT NOW: Four wonderful screen prints by GHADA AMER

The screen prints were created as part of the raising flags project by museum in progress. Each screen print combines a striking statement with a deliberate chromatic scheme:

NO EMPIRE LASTS FOREVER – quotes Krishna Udayasankar, echoing the US flag

EVERY NATION THAT SLEEPS IN FREEDOM WILL WAKE UP IN SLAVERY – referencing the work of French philosopher Alain (Émile-Auguste Chartier), inspired by the colours of the EU flag

WE WILL NOT BE SILENT – in Arabic, anonymous, drawing on the symbolism of the Palestinian flag

YOUR IGNORANCE IS THEIR POWER – anonymous, referencing the colours of the Burkina Faso flag

Through her poetic-political gestures, Amer’s screen prints become a sign of resistance and visibility – beyond inherited meanings, towards a transgressive and transcultural emblem.

Published by museum in progress. Printed by: Quint Screen Print, Michael Wegerer. Format: 59,5 x 59,5 cm, Edition: 4 screen prints, 40 copies each. www.mip.at/shop

Courtesy of the artist, with special thanks.

26/04/2026

Romuald Hazoumè created ten flags on the occasion of the Climate Biennale Vienna. Installed on Aspernbrücke, Stubenbrücke, and at the Vienna City ship station at Schwedenplatz.

ALTER ECO was curated by Alois Herrmann and Kaspar Mühlemann Hartl. Supported by the Arts Section of the Federal Ministry for Housing, Arts, Culture, Media and Sport (BMWKMS).

Photos 1-6: (No) Funny Games, Klima Biennale Wien 2026, (c) eSeL.at - Joanna Pianka
Photos 7-9: Rudolf Strobl

20/03/2026

Until 26 March 2026, 5 pm (CET), an online charity auction featuring 149 works is taking place at Dorotheum Vienna in support of the one world foundation school in Sri Lanka.

museum in progress is proud to support this initiative and warmly recommends it.

www.dorotheum.com/owf

The ongoing war in the Middle East is having significant repercussions for Sri Lanka and the one world foundation’s aid project. At the same time, extreme weather events pose serious challenges: floods and heavy rainfall have caused substantial damage to infrastructure.

The one world foundation was established in 1995 by Kathrin Messner and Josef Ortner, who had already founded museum in progress five years earlier.

Monday, 22 March, 6pm, Presentation of all works at Galerie Krinzinger, Schottenfeldgasse 45, 1070 Wien.

Patronage: Irmgard Griss. Auction Commitee: Ursula Krinzinger, Eva Schlegel, Xiane Kangela.

23/02/2026

For raising flags, Andreas Fogarasi created four flags titled Branding the Public (Austria), each featuring a well-known Austrian visual symbol. The selected signs represent the visual identity of state and stateaffiliated institutions during the respective period and are deeply embedded in the collective memory:

AUA (1972–2003)
ORF (1968–2002)
ÖBB (1974–2004)
Made in Austria (1978–2004)

22/12/2025

In memoriam Arnulf Rainer (1929-2025).

Video extract from Arnulf Rainer in conversation with Andreas Spiegl, 1997, Portraits of Artists, museum in progress. Concept: Peter Kogler and museum in progress.

03/12/2025

museum in progress and the Vienna State Opera announce that the 2026/27 “Safety Curtain” will be realised posthumously with a work by the artist.

The 29th contribution to the “Safety Curtain” series, conceived by museum in progress (mip.at) and realised since 1998 in cooperation with the Vienna State Opera and the Bundestheater-Holding, will be presented in the Vienna State Opera in autumn 2026 and will be on view for approximately nine months.

Herbert Brandl had already received the commission a year ago, was delighted by the invitation from museum in progress, and had begun working on his design. The artist was selected by the internationally composed jury – Daniel Birnbaum, Bice Curiger, and Hans-Ulrich Obrist. After the artist’s sudden passing, the jury, in agreement with museum in progress and the Vienna State Opera, chose to maintain their decision.

Current Project Partners: iSi Group (main sponsor since 2023). Support: Hotel Altstadt, ART for ART, Bildrecht and SO/ Vienna. Media partners: Die Furche and Die Presse. ©️ Photo: Samuel Mizrachi. Courtesy: Galerie nächst St. Stephan Rosemarie Schwarzwälder.

19/11/2025

museum in progress is proud to be the first museum in Austria to join Bloomberg Connects. Our new digital museum guide is now part of an amazing global platform featuring more than 1,200 non-profit museums – from MoMA in New York to Zeitz MOCAA in Cape Town, from M+ in Hong Kong to Tate in London. Discover our guide on
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22/10/2025

El Anatsui's impressive Safety Curtain XOHANAMI, captured in a drone video by Roman Hansi. Music: Eckhard Kopetzki, Le Chant du Serpent, Stage Orchestra of the Vienna State Opera.

A project of in cooperation with the Vienna State Opera and the Bundestheater-Holding. Jury: Daniel Birnbaum, Bice Curiger, Hans-Ulrich Obrist.

The Safety Curtain project and the work of the non-profit organisation museum in progress have been generously supported by the artist through the creation of limited edition artworks. Further information under [email protected].

The Safety Curtain 2025/26 is made possible by iSi Group, with the support of Goodman Gallery.

Further support from Hotel Altstadt, ART for ART, Bildrecht, Embassy of Ghana in Vienna, Schloss Gobelsburg and SO/ Vienna. Media partners: Bloomberg Connects, Die Furche and Die Presse.
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18/10/2025

Ghada Amer's amazing flags on the Stubenbrücke in Vienna!

For the project raising flags by museum in progress, Ghada Amer created four flags that inscribe pointed political messages into the public space of Vienna. Each flag combines a striking statement with a deliberate chromatic scheme:

NO EMPIRE LASTS FOREVER – quotes Krishna Udayasankar, echoing the US flag

WE WILL NOT BE SILENT – in Arabic, anonymous, drawing on the symbolism of the Palestinian flag

EVERY NATION THAT SLEEPS IN FREEDOM WILL WAKE UP IN SLAVERY – referencing the work of French philosopher Alain (Émile-Auguste Chartier), inspired by the colours of the EU flag

YOUR IGNORANCE IS THEIR POWER – anonymous, referencing the colours of the Burkina Faso flag

Through her poetic and political gestures, Amer reclaims the national flag as a site of resistance and visibility – shifting it away from its conventional function and reimagining it as a transgressive, transcultural, and feminist emblem. By situating her interventions within the urban landscape, on the Stubenbrücke, Amer opens a mindspace for transnational reflection and collective consciousness.

raising flags is a project by museum in progress, curated by Alois Herrmann and Kaspar Mühlemann Hartl.

16/10/2025

Thomas Bayrle and Ghada Amer in the current issue of .magazine !

Placed in paired juxtapositions, the works of these two artists fort he media project Making Chapters enter into dialogue with each other. Bayrle’s emotionally charged bodies appear to reflect and comment on the conflicts addressed in Amer’s textile works. They invite viewers to engage with these political spaces through their own bodily experiences. Conversely, Amer’s works prompt reflection on what these global zones of conflict do to bodies – how they shape and dominate them, and how bodies can also resist.

Making Chapters is an ongoing media exhibition in the design magazine Chapter. Twice a year, museum in progress realises interventions by contemporary artists in the magazine, who have opened significant chapters in contemporary art with their works. This collaboration was initiated in 2024 in issue XI of Chapter with works by Minerva Cuevas and continued in 2025 with works by Ghada Amer and Thomas Bayrle. Curated by Alois Herrmann and Kaspar Mühlemann Hartl.

The works of Ghada Amer can currently also be admired on the Stubenbrücke in Vienna in the form of flags as part of the “raising flags” project of museum in progress.

Photos:
1 Thomas Bayrle, 1985/2025, Ghada Amer, YOUR IGNORANCE IS THEIR POWER, 2025, Making Chapters, museum in progress, Chapter XII, pp. 122, 123, magazine multiples
2 Thomas Bayrle, 1985/2025, Ghada Amer, WE WILL NOT BE SILENT, 2025, Making Chapters, museum in progress, Chapter XII, pp. 124, 125, magazine multiples
3 Thomas Bayrle, 1985/2025, Ghada Amer, NO EMPIRE LASTS FOREVER, 2025, Making Chapters, museum in progress, Chapter XII, pp. 126, 127, magazine multiple
4 Thomas Bayrle, 1985/2025, Ghada Amer, EVERY NATION THAT SLEEPS IN FREEDOM WILL WAKE UP IN SLAVERY, 2025, Making Chapters, museum in progress, Chapter XII, pp. 128, 129, magazine multiple

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