International names
Kiefer, Baselitz, Katz, Rauschenberg — work of major-museum standard.
A contemporary art gallery near Mirabellplatz in Salzburg, among Europe's most significant commercial galleries. Thaddaeus Ropac is Austrian, started in Salzburg in the 1980s and expanded to Paris, London and Seoul, representing artists of the international first rank — work by Anselm Kiefer, Georg Baselitz, Alex Katz and Robert Rauschenberg has passed through here. What matters practically: this is a commercial gallery rather than a museum, and entry is entirely free. No ticket, no queue, no booking. That means you can see work of major-museum standard without paying anything, which does not occur to most visitors because a gallery door looks private. It is not — commercial galleries are open to the public by nature. Exhibitions change every few weeks, so the value follows exactly what is showing. Check the programme before going. Salzburg is a city of Mozart and baroque first, and this is one of its few windows onto contemporary art.
Kiefer, Baselitz, Katz, Rauschenberg — work of major-museum standard.
No ticket and no queue — which does not occur to most visitors.
One of the city's few windows onto contemporary art amid Mozart and baroque.
Mirabellplatz, north bank
Mozarteum UniversityA university of music and dramatic arts in Salzburg, founded in the nineteenth c1 minute walk4.6
Mirabell Palace & GardensMirabell is Salzburg's garden visiting-card: built by a prince-archbishop for hi2 minutes walk4.5
The Mozart ResidenceThe Residence is the mature Mozart: the birth house grown too small, the family 2 minutes walk4.2
Capuchin Monastery, SalzburgA late sixteenth-century Capuchin monastery on the Kapuzinerberg hill east of th5 minutes walk4.7
Haus der NaturThe House of Nature is Salzburg's biggest family secret: a science-and-nature mu5 minutes walk4.8Yes, certainly, and it is the norm. Commercial galleries depend on attendance and interest, and visitors are welcome. Go in and look around quietly; staff will normally leave you alone unless you ask. Do not feel awkward — this is entirely standard practice in the art world.
The Mirabell gardens are minutes away with their famous steps and dwarf garden, and Mozart's residence stands on the north bank. The north bank is quieter and less crowded than the old town and deserves half a day of its own.