Safety Curtain 2021/22 By Beatriz Milhazes

Today, Thursday, October 21, 2021, the temporary “Iron Curtain” 2021/22 was presented: State Opera Director Bogdan Roščić, museum in progress Managing Director Kaspar Mühlemann Hartl, expert and jury member Bice Curiger and Brazilian Ambassador José Antônio Marcondes de Carvalho presented the work “Pink Sunshine” by renowned Brazilian artist Beatriz Milhazes. This is the first Latin American artist of the project. An international jury composed of Daniel Birnbaum, Bice Curiger and Hans-Ulrich Obrist is responsible for the selection of artists.
The large-scale painting (176 m2) by Beatriz Milhazes is already the 24th edition of the exhibition series “Iron Curtain” conceived by museum in progress (mip.at) and realized since 1998 in cooperation with the Vienna State Opera and the Bundestheater-Holding and can be seen until the end of June 2022.