PRIDE started with a riot!
EVENTS
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An Ecology of Moralizing (25.06.)
We want to speculate about more inclusive forms of building mores (=the etymological root of morals meaning something like “customs”)together to build amore open and resisting society in times of rising fascism and moral depravity of the capitalist elite. In this workshop,we want to discuss personal experiences with moralizing – whether good or bad and propose a queer project of…
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Finissage Imagining Queer Utopia (21.06.)
The Pride Month program concludes with the finissage of the exhibition Imagining Queer Utopia on June 21. Following a curator’s tour at 4:00 PM, the Dragsau Kollektiv will present a performance at 5:30 PM. The collective consists of disabled drag artists who expand the horizons of drag through their inclusive and diverse program. From 6:00…
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Susan Stryker’s Hot Tub (19.06.)
Susan Stryker’s Hot Tub is a campy, experimental performance developed within the context of Poets Theater that reimagines classic fairy tales and mythological narratives from a transfeminist perspective. Set in a queer, mythically heightened underworld, the piece follows several characters on a quest for “the source” — a metaphor for transformation, collective empowerment, and trans*…
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Generationencafé – Special Edition “Coffee Cake Cunst” (09.06.)
The evening begins with a free guided tour of the exhibition. Afterwards, together with Klub+ RegenbogenTreff – a group for queer seniors – we will engage in conversations about queer visions of the future, memories, hopes, and dreams. Personal stories and poetic contributions will create connections between the past, present, and possible queer utopias.
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Queer Burlesque Show (07.06.)
For this special edition of our regular “Coffee, Cake, Cunst” event, we are delighted to welcome the Klub+ RegenbogenTreff – a group for queer seniors. Together, we will embark on a journey into queer utopias, inspired by our current exhibition Imagining Queer Utopia.
EXHIBITIONS
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Imagining Queer Utopia (26.02.-21.06.)
The new exhibition at QUEER MUSEUM VIENNA opens a space to explore fluid selves and shifting desires. What if, instead of naming or judging, we allowed desires to lead? What if we let ourselves feel life fully, even when it disorients or unsettles us?
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Ugly Things_Unlearning Beauty
What’s classy if you’re rich but trashy if you’re poor? This is one possible translation of the title into meme-fied language. Ugly Things_Unlearning Beauty walks the fine line that distinguishes the affinity for cheap trash from expensive taste, while simultaneously undermining that very dichotomy. We closely examine the authority that decides who and what has…
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Gaps, Leaps, Fractures – Queer Temporalities.
Queer experiences of time deviate from normative and linear rhythms. They are characterized by coming-outs or transitions, have breaks, gaps and leaps. Queer temporalities explore non-linear concepts of time and oppose normative time structures based on reproduction and age appropriateness, among others. The exhibition Gaps, Leaps, Fractures – Queer Temporalities brings together artistic positions that…
PROJECTS & NEWS
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What’s Missing?
This January, we are launching a lecture series on queer art history titled “What’s Missing?” In this series, art historians and artists will explore manifestations of queerness across different cultures and historical periods: from the Western Renaissance and Yugoslav art of the 1970s to contemporary Black African art, and many others.
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EXTENSION of the current exhibition
The current exhibition Schirche Sachen_Schönheit verlernen / Ugly Things_Unlearning Beauty has been extended! This means you have the opportunity to visit it until January 18, 2026, during our regular opening hours. Please note that the QMV will be closed from December 22 to January 7.
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QUEER MUSEUM VIENNA needs your help! Gofundme!
QUEER MUSEUM VIENNA needs your help! Every € helps us to keep the QUEER MUSEUM running – click here to go to our GOFUNDME page: https://www.gofundme.com/f/keep-queer-museum-vienna-going