SearchOpportunitiesEventsAbout UsHubs
C&
Magazines
Projects
Education
Community
Event

Carrie Mae Weems: Safety Curtain

Vienna, Austria7 September 2020 - 7 March 2021
Carrie Mae Weems: Safety Curtain

Carrie Mae Weems: Safety Curtain

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 23rd “Safety Curtain”, the jury (Daniel Birnbaum, Bice Curiger and Hans-Ulrich Obrist) selected the internationally renowned artist Carrie Mae Weems.

A limited and signed benefit edition by Carrie Mae Weems will be published by museum in progress. By purchasing this print you’ll be making an important contribution to the continuation of this exhibition series. Further information and nonbinding subscription (25% discount until 7 September) under: office@mip.at.

In the display windows of PRIVAT BANK of the Raiffeisenlandesbank Oberösterreichin Vienna, Operngasse 2, a supplementary exhibition will be presented showing works by Carrie Mae Weems.

The exhibition series “Safety Curtain” is a project of museum in progress in cooperation with the Vienna State Opera and the Bundestheater-Holding. In 2020 the project was kindly made possible by the Christian Zeller Privatstiftung.

PRIVAT BANK
Operngasse 2
Vienna

mip.at

View more from

Beyond Representation

Beyond Representation

Pérez Art Museum Miami
Dec 7, 2023–Dec 31, 2026
Diverse work uniforms displayed on stands in a bright room with large windows.

Dignidade e luta: Laudelina de Campos Mello

Instituto Moreira Salles
May 16–Nov 22, 2026
An art installation of white fabric ropes hangs within a bright atrium with a glass ceiling, some looping in the foreground, others vertical against a large window overlooking a city.

Cecilia Vicuña - The vanished glacier

Castello di Rivoli
Apr 30–Sep 20, 2026
A man leans against large speakers next to a customized mobile record shack called "Swing A Ling," painted with music genres like Reggae and Soul.

Dancing the Revolution

Museum of Contemporary Art Chicago
Apr 11–Sep 20, 2026
Illustration of two naked people in a teal bathroom; one sits on the edge of a bubble bath holding a katana, while the other relaxes in the bubbles with a drink.

The Object of Power is Power

Leslie-Lohman Museum of Art
May 6–Sep 20, 2026