![Anselm Kiefer, Solaris (for Stanislaw Lem), 2023, Safety Curtain, museum in progress, Vienna State Opera, 2023/2024, large-scale picture](/fileadmin/_processed_/0/1/csm_1_anselm_kiefer_-_solaris_frontal_w_b3edce4e8f.jpg)
Anselm Kiefer, Solaris (for Stanislaw Lem), 2023, Safety Curtain, museum in progress, Vienna State Opera, 2023/2024, large-scale picture
![Cao Fei, The New Angel, 2022, Safety Curtain, museum in progress, Vienna State Opera, 2022/2023, large-scale picture](/fileadmin/_processed_/d/a/csm_cao_fei_-_the_new_angel_frontal_68c625deb3.jpg)
Cao Fei, The New Angel, 2022, Safety Curtain, museum in progress, Vienna State Opera, 2022/2023, large-scale picture
![Beatriz Milhazes, Pink Sunshine, 2021, Safety Curtain, museum in progress, Vienna State Opera, 2021/2022, large-scale picture](/fileadmin/_processed_/f/0/csm_beatriz_milhazes_2021-22_kontext_kl_c3724666a8.jpg)
Beatriz Milhazes, Pink Sunshine, 2021, Safety Curtain, museum in progress, Vienna State Opera, 2021/2022, large-scale picture
![Carrie Mae Weems, Queen B (Mary J. Blige), 2020, Safety Curtain, museum in progress, Vienna State Opera, 2020/2021, large-scale picture](/fileadmin/_processed_/c/6/csm_project_19_5636_original_f3d11c03ea.jpg)
Carrie Mae Weems, Queen B (Mary J. Blige), 2020, Safety Curtain, museum in progress, Vienna State Opera, 2020/2021, large-scale picture
![Martha Jungwirth, The Trojan Horse, 2019, Safety Curtain, museum in progress, Vienna State Opera, 2019/2020, large scale picture](/fileadmin/_processed_/a/7/csm_project_19_5380_original_4f7caeb89b.jpg)
Martha Jungwirth, The Trojan Horse, 2019, Safety Curtain, museum in progress, Vienna State Opera, 2019/2020, large scale picture
![Pierre Alechinsky, Loin d'ici, 2018, Safety Curtain, museum in progress, Vienna State Opera, 2018/2019, large-scale picture](/fileadmin/_processed_/d/b/csm_project_19_5231_original_a885af256f.jpg)
Pierre Alechinsky, Loin d'ici, 2018, Safety Curtain, museum in progress, Vienna State Opera, 2018/2019, large-scale picture
![John Baldessari, Graduation, 2017, Safety Curtain, museum in progress, Vienna State Opera, 2017/2018, large-scale picture](/fileadmin/_processed_/b/c/csm_project_19_4605_original_c90144cd14.jpg)
John Baldessari, Graduation, 2017, Safety Curtain, museum in progress, Vienna State Opera, 2017/2018, large-scale picture
![Tauba Auerbach, A Flexible Fabric of Inflexible Parts III, 2016, Safety Curtain, museum in progress, Vienna State Opera, 2016/2017, large scale picture](/fileadmin/_processed_/4/4/csm_project_19_5444_original_544e9192a4.jpg)
Tauba Auerbach, A Flexible Fabric of Inflexible Parts III, 2016, Safety Curtain, museum in progress, Vienna State Opera, 2016/2017, large scale picture
![Dominique Gonzalez-Foerster, Helen & Gordon, 2015, Safety Curtain, museum in progress, Vienna State Opera, 2015/2016, large scale picture](/fileadmin/_processed_/e/a/csm_project_19_5449_original_3ff63481b3.jpg)
Dominique Gonzalez-Foerster, Helen & Gordon, 2015, Safety Curtain, museum in progress, Vienna State Opera, 2015/2016, large scale picture
![Joan Jonas, 2014, Safety Curtain, museum in progress, Vienna State Opera, 2014/2015, large-scale picture](/fileadmin/_processed_/c/2/csm_project_19_5450_original_e3f1d29568.jpg)
Joan Jonas, 2014, Safety Curtain, museum in progress, Vienna State Opera, 2014/2015, large-scale picture
![Oswald Oberhuber, 2013, Safety Curtain, museum in progress, Vienna State Opera, 2013/2014, large-scale picture](/fileadmin/_processed_/a/7/csm_project_19_5234_original_d00db9d5ec.jpg)
Oswald Oberhuber, 2013, Safety Curtain, museum in progress, Vienna State Opera, 2013/2014, large-scale picture
![David Hockney, 2012, Safety Curtain, museum in progress, Vienna State Opera, 2012/2013, large-scale picture](/fileadmin/_processed_/8/8/csm_project_19_5448_original_a93d8bb51b.jpg)
David Hockney, 2012, Safety Curtain, museum in progress, Vienna State Opera, 2012/2013, large-scale picture
![Cerith Wyn Evans, 2011, Safety Curtain, museum in progress, Vienna State Opera, 2011/2012, large-scale picture](/fileadmin/_processed_/2/d/csm_project_19_5233_original_a882b28366.jpg)
Cerith Wyn Evans, 2011, Safety Curtain, museum in progress, Vienna State Opera, 2011/2012, large-scale picture
![Cy Twombly, Bacchus, 2010, Safety Curtain, museum in progress, Vienna State Opera, 2010/2011, large-scale picture](/fileadmin/_processed_/0/2/csm_project_19_5451_original_e02c55e6ab.jpg)
Cy Twombly, Bacchus, 2010, Safety Curtain, museum in progress, Vienna State Opera, 2010/2011, large-scale picture
![Franz West, Drei – Vom Vorgang ins Temperament, 2009, Safety Curtain, museum in progress, Vienna State Opera, 2009/2010, large-scale picture](/fileadmin/_processed_/5/6/csm_project_19_5452_original_2a83957e03.jpg)
Franz West, Drei – Vom Vorgang ins Temperament, 2009, Safety Curtain, museum in progress, Vienna State Opera, 2009/2010, large-scale picture
![Rosemarie Trockel, 2008, Safety Curtain, museum in progress, Vienna State Opera, 2008/2009, large-scale picture](/fileadmin/_processed_/2/1/csm_project_19_5235_original_03bfd77266.jpg)
Rosemarie Trockel, 2008, Safety Curtain, museum in progress, Vienna State Opera, 2008/2009, large-scale picture
![Jeff Koons, Geisha, 2007, Safety Curtain, museum in progress, Vienna State Opera, 2007/2008, large-scale picture](/fileadmin/_processed_/e/0/csm_project_19_5453_original_b523fa58f7.jpg)
Jeff Koons, Geisha, 2007, Safety Curtain, museum in progress, Vienna State Opera, 2007/2008, large-scale picture
![Rirkrit Tiravanija, Fear Eats the Soul, 2006, Safety Curtain, museum in progress, Vienna State Opera, 2006/2007, large-scale picture](/fileadmin/_processed_/e/a/csm_project_19_5454_original_d99672512c.jpg)
Rirkrit Tiravanija, Fear Eats the Soul, 2006, Safety Curtain, museum in progress, Vienna State Opera, 2006/2007, large-scale picture
![Maria Lassnig, Breakfast with Ear, 2005, Safety Curtain, museum in progress, Vienna State Opera, 2005/2006, large-scale picture](/fileadmin/_processed_/5/4/csm_project_19_5455_original_a88e0d7873.jpg)
Maria Lassnig, Breakfast with Ear, 2005, Safety Curtain, museum in progress, Vienna State Opera, 2005/2006, large-scale picture
![Tacita Dean, Play as Cast, 2004, Safety Curtain, museum in progress, Vienna State Opera, 2004/2005, large scale picture](/fileadmin/_processed_/6/f/csm_project_19_5236_original_ad7901b6ef.jpg)
Tacita Dean, Play as Cast, 2004, Safety Curtain, museum in progress, Vienna State Opera, 2004/2005, large scale picture
![Thomas Bayrle, 2003, Safety Curtain, museum in progress, Vienna State Opera, 2003/2004, large scale picture](/fileadmin/_processed_/6/f/csm_project_19_5237_original_6e7bb4dc13.jpg)
Thomas Bayrle, 2003, Safety Curtain, museum in progress, Vienna State Opera, 2003/2004, large scale picture
![Giulio Paolini, 2002, Safety Curtain, museum in progress, Vienna State Opera, 2002/2003, large-scale picture](/fileadmin/_processed_/6/0/csm_project_19_5456_original_0a7f5f1491.jpg)
Giulio Paolini, 2002, Safety Curtain, museum in progress, Vienna State Opera, 2002/2003, large-scale picture
![Michael Elmgreen and Ingar Dragset, Looking Back, 2002, Safety Curtain, museum in progress, Komische Oper Berlin, 2002/2003, large scale picture](/fileadmin/_processed_/f/9/csm_project_19_4602_original_79e947cc1e.jpg)
Michael Elmgreen and Ingar Dragset, Looking Back, 2002, Safety Curtain, museum in progress, Komische Oper Berlin, 2002/2003, large scale picture
![Richard Hamilton, Retard en Fer – Delay in Iron, 2001, Safety Curtain, museum in progress, Vienna State Opera, 2001/2002, large-scale picture](/fileadmin/_processed_/e/e/csm_project_19_5244_original_97922fe4df.jpg)
Richard Hamilton, Retard en Fer – Delay in Iron, 2001, Safety Curtain, museum in progress, Vienna State Opera, 2001/2002, large-scale picture
![Matthew Barney, 2000, Safety Curtain, museum in progress, Vienna State Opera, 2000/2001, large-scale picture](/fileadmin/_processed_/8/a/csm_project_19_5457_original_dd1cd696a4.jpg)
Matthew Barney, 2000, Safety Curtain, museum in progress, Vienna State Opera, 2000/2001, large-scale picture
![Christine and Irene Hohenbüchler, 1999, Safety Curtain, museum in progress, Vienna State Opera, 1999/2000, large-scale picture](/fileadmin/_processed_/c/d/csm_project_19_5458_original_63e4118ef0.jpg)
Christine and Irene Hohenbüchler, 1999, Safety Curtain, museum in progress, Vienna State Opera, 1999/2000, large-scale picture
![Kara Walker, 1998, Safety Curtain, museum in progress, Vienna State Opera, 1998/1999, large scale picture](/fileadmin/_processed_/a/d/csm_project_19_5459_original_8ba9f78943.jpg)
Kara Walker, 1998, Safety Curtain, museum in progress, Vienna State Opera, 1998/1999, large scale picture
![Anselm Kiefer, Solaris (for Stanislaw Lem), 2023, Safety Curtain, museum in progress, Vienna State Opera, 2023/2024, large-scale picture](/fileadmin/_processed_/0/1/csm_1_anselm_kiefer_-_solaris_frontal_w_c9c8b3fa26.jpg)
![Cao Fei, The New Angel, 2022, Safety Curtain, museum in progress, Vienna State Opera, 2022/2023, large-scale picture](/fileadmin/_processed_/d/a/csm_cao_fei_-_the_new_angel_frontal_8ad129a3d9.jpg)
![Beatriz Milhazes, Pink Sunshine, 2021, Safety Curtain, museum in progress, Vienna State Opera, 2021/2022, large-scale picture](/fileadmin/_processed_/f/0/csm_beatriz_milhazes_2021-22_kontext_kl_4fa1794c27.jpg)
![Carrie Mae Weems, Queen B (Mary J. Blige), 2020, Safety Curtain, museum in progress, Vienna State Opera, 2020/2021, large-scale picture](/fileadmin/_processed_/c/6/csm_project_19_5636_original_ea1bb8702c.jpg)
![Martha Jungwirth, The Trojan Horse, 2019, Safety Curtain, museum in progress, Vienna State Opera, 2019/2020, large scale picture](/fileadmin/_processed_/a/7/csm_project_19_5380_original_b06e83468a.jpg)
![Pierre Alechinsky, Loin d'ici, 2018, Safety Curtain, museum in progress, Vienna State Opera, 2018/2019, large-scale picture](/fileadmin/_processed_/d/b/csm_project_19_5231_original_f75273f13c.jpg)
![John Baldessari, Graduation, 2017, Safety Curtain, museum in progress, Vienna State Opera, 2017/2018, large-scale picture](/fileadmin/_processed_/b/c/csm_project_19_4605_original_c85655bfde.jpg)
![Tauba Auerbach, A Flexible Fabric of Inflexible Parts III, 2016, Safety Curtain, museum in progress, Vienna State Opera, 2016/2017, large scale picture](/fileadmin/_processed_/4/4/csm_project_19_5444_original_2bb6b129b3.jpg)
![Dominique Gonzalez-Foerster, Helen & Gordon, 2015, Safety Curtain, museum in progress, Vienna State Opera, 2015/2016, large scale picture](/fileadmin/_processed_/e/a/csm_project_19_5449_original_6c23e0bd5a.jpg)
![Joan Jonas, 2014, Safety Curtain, museum in progress, Vienna State Opera, 2014/2015, large-scale picture](/fileadmin/_processed_/c/2/csm_project_19_5450_original_9edfe07dc4.jpg)
![Oswald Oberhuber, 2013, Safety Curtain, museum in progress, Vienna State Opera, 2013/2014, large-scale picture](/fileadmin/_processed_/a/7/csm_project_19_5234_original_8c292cfa6a.jpg)
![David Hockney, 2012, Safety Curtain, museum in progress, Vienna State Opera, 2012/2013, large-scale picture](/fileadmin/_processed_/8/8/csm_project_19_5448_original_3f9e8083d4.jpg)
![Cerith Wyn Evans, 2011, Safety Curtain, museum in progress, Vienna State Opera, 2011/2012, large-scale picture](/fileadmin/_processed_/2/d/csm_project_19_5233_original_cd3ed7b297.jpg)
![Cy Twombly, Bacchus, 2010, Safety Curtain, museum in progress, Vienna State Opera, 2010/2011, large-scale picture](/fileadmin/_processed_/0/2/csm_project_19_5451_original_3eacd3b7a9.jpg)
![Franz West, Drei – Vom Vorgang ins Temperament, 2009, Safety Curtain, museum in progress, Vienna State Opera, 2009/2010, large-scale picture](/fileadmin/_processed_/5/6/csm_project_19_5452_original_9efedfb92e.jpg)
![Rosemarie Trockel, 2008, Safety Curtain, museum in progress, Vienna State Opera, 2008/2009, large-scale picture](/fileadmin/_processed_/2/1/csm_project_19_5235_original_2e86ba1627.jpg)
![Jeff Koons, Geisha, 2007, Safety Curtain, museum in progress, Vienna State Opera, 2007/2008, large-scale picture](/fileadmin/_processed_/e/0/csm_project_19_5453_original_6106d39a2c.jpg)
![Rirkrit Tiravanija, Fear Eats the Soul, 2006, Safety Curtain, museum in progress, Vienna State Opera, 2006/2007, large-scale picture](/fileadmin/_processed_/e/a/csm_project_19_5454_original_887d9f7b18.jpg)
![Maria Lassnig, Breakfast with Ear, 2005, Safety Curtain, museum in progress, Vienna State Opera, 2005/2006, large-scale picture](/fileadmin/_processed_/5/4/csm_project_19_5455_original_c6e8e16fd1.jpg)
![Tacita Dean, Play as Cast, 2004, Safety Curtain, museum in progress, Vienna State Opera, 2004/2005, large scale picture](/fileadmin/_processed_/6/f/csm_project_19_5236_original_0b2e474d0d.jpg)
![Thomas Bayrle, 2003, Safety Curtain, museum in progress, Vienna State Opera, 2003/2004, large scale picture](/fileadmin/_processed_/6/f/csm_project_19_5237_original_a129cf2034.jpg)
![Giulio Paolini, 2002, Safety Curtain, museum in progress, Vienna State Opera, 2002/2003, large-scale picture](/fileadmin/_processed_/6/0/csm_project_19_5456_original_70c7b4638f.jpg)
![Michael Elmgreen and Ingar Dragset, Looking Back, 2002, Safety Curtain, museum in progress, Komische Oper Berlin, 2002/2003, large scale picture](/fileadmin/_processed_/f/9/csm_project_19_4602_original_876a93db63.jpg)
![Richard Hamilton, Retard en Fer – Delay in Iron, 2001, Safety Curtain, museum in progress, Vienna State Opera, 2001/2002, large-scale picture](/fileadmin/_processed_/e/e/csm_project_19_5244_original_da53f7252f.jpg)
![Matthew Barney, 2000, Safety Curtain, museum in progress, Vienna State Opera, 2000/2001, large-scale picture](/fileadmin/_processed_/8/a/csm_project_19_5457_original_fa97088356.jpg)
![Christine and Irene Hohenbüchler, 1999, Safety Curtain, museum in progress, Vienna State Opera, 1999/2000, large-scale picture](/fileadmin/_processed_/c/d/csm_project_19_5458_original_76405de7d1.jpg)
![Kara Walker, 1998, Safety Curtain, museum in progress, Vienna State Opera, 1998/1999, large scale picture](/fileadmin/_processed_/a/d/csm_project_19_5459_original_878c0a6935.jpg)
![Curtain – Vorhang, 2017, Safety Curtain, museum in progress, Vienna State Opera, Vienna: Verlag für moderne Kunst, 2017, publication](/fileadmin/_processed_/2/2/csm_project_19_4829_original_5118367265.jpg)
![Curtain – Vorhang, 2017, Safety Curtain, museum in progress, Vienna State Opera, Vienna: Verlag für moderne Kunst, 2017, publication](/fileadmin/_processed_/7/9/csm_project_19_4830_original_d7f690cac4.jpg)
"Safety Curtain" is an exhibition series conceived by museum in progress in cooperation with the Vienna State Opera, which transforms the safety curtain into a temporary exhibition space for contemporary art. For the 27th Safety Curtain, the jury (Daniel Birnbaum, Bice Curiger and Hans-Ulrich Obrist) selected the artist Pipilotti Rist. The presentation of her work will take place on 24 September 2024 in the presence of the artist.
The exhibition series “Safety Curtain” is a project of museum in progress in cooperation with the Vienna State Opera and the Bundestheater-Holding. Jury: Daniel Birnbaum, Bice Curiger and Hans-Ulrich Obrist. 2024/25 made possible with the generous support of iSi Group. Further support from ART for ART, Hotel Altstadt and Johann Kattus. Media partners: Die Furche and Die Presse. Courtesy: Hauser & Wirth.
In 2002/03 museum in progress presented a "Safety Curtain" by the artist duo Michael Elmgreen and Ingar Dragset at the Komische Oper Berlin. Curator: Ina Blom. In 2019 the Safety Curtain "Helen & Gordon" by Dominique Gonzalez-Foerster (from 2015/16) was newly presented at the Opéra Théâtre de Metz in cooperation with the Centre Pompidou-Metz.
The large-format pictures (Vienna: 176 square metres, Berlin: 90 square metres) are produced and installed using an innovative process: The images are printed on plastic-nets and they are fixed with magnets on the safety curtain.
Production: Trevision; Digital Imaging: Albert Winkler