The Museum of (Non)Restitution

Oil painting of a naked, forward-leaning marine figure with a fish tail in choppy water against a stormy sky.

Thomas Geiger. Tatiana Lecomte. Sophie Thun 20.9.2025 until 16.11.2025

Salzburg Museum – Gastspiel (Guest Appearance)

About the exhibition

Items in the collection with a turbulent history formed the starting point for an exhibition that placed the provenance research of Salzburg Museum in dialogue with contemporary projects on the subject of the Nazi era and cultures of remembrance. Works by artists Sophie Thun, Tatiana Lecomte and Thomas Geiger were displayed alongside pieces from Salzburg Museum that have already been restituted and some that have not yet been returned.

Co-produced by Salzburg Museum-Guest Performance and Salzburger Kunstverein-Picturing Justice 2025.

Curated by
Mirela Baciak (Salzburger Kunstverein) , Katja Mittendorfer-Oppolzer und Susanne Rolinek
A look inside the exhibition
Frontal view of a large, blue-painted wall surface with a small painting in the center and a glass table with printed documents in the foreground. Angled view of a metal shelving installation in an exhibition space with large-format black-and-white photographs, a wall drawing in the background, and paintings on the right wall. A large-format, red line drawing of a house on a white wall in an exhibition space with a wooden floor and a table in the foreground. Two darkly framed paintings and, attached underneath them, black-and-white prints with mythological motifs on a white wall. View through a glass structure onto a large-scale, net-like wall drawing featuring terms such as "Salzburg," "Friedrich Welz," and "Sonderauftrag Linz." Two round, decorative vessels or bases with gilt ornaments behind glass in an exhibition shelf. Angle of view of a large-format printed exhibition tract or poster with columns of text, historical photographs, and small paintings on a table. View through a partially obscured foreground structure into an exhibition space featuring a square painting in front of a large, blue-painted wall surface and a table in front of it.

Experience highlights from our collections in new locations!

Detailed view of the intricate, gilded tracery and architectural ornamental elements of a Gothic shrine.
Salzburg Museum – Gastspiel (Guest Appearance)

Masterpieces of Furniture Art Salzburg 1450–1500

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