Museum In Progress

museum in progress is concerned with the changing ways in which art is brought before the public and develops innovative models for co-operation between business, art and media. The art initiative, founded in 1990 by Prof. Kathrin Messner and Josef Ortner († 2009), organises exhibitions in media such as newspapers, magazines, billboards, the facades of buildings, TV, the internet, concert halls or even on board of aeroplanes, and thereby integrates art into everyday life. Based on Joseph Beuys’ “extended definition of art”, this private art association extends the definition of a museum and through its activities transforms the public and media spaces into a “museum” for its art projects. The museum of the 21st century exists as a flexible structure and establishes the form in which it appears directly in media space.