It is located in Salzburg, Austria, and is housed in the Künstlerhaus, which was built in 1885.

The Salzburger Kunstverein organizes between ten and twelve exhibitions of international and Austrian artists annually.

Today, it is still the Kunstverein's headquarters; it contains studio and exhibition areas as well.

[3] Since 1992 the program has been elaborated and organised by the respective director (1992 Hildegund Amanshauser, 1993-1995 Silvia Eiblmayr, 1996-2004 Hildegund Amanshauser, 2005-2013 Hemma Schmutz, 2014-03/2023 Séamus Kealy, since 07/2023 Mirela Baciak) and aims to meet international standards.

By means of exhibitions, symposia, lectures, workshops or networking projects with other institutions the concept aspires to discover new forms of promoting art.