Wednesday, 30 April 2025, 6:30-7:30 pm

Patriarchal Visuality: The Modern Museum and Sexualized Violence

Free admission, no booking required, in German

Lecture by Univ.-Prof. Mag. PhD. Elke Krasny, Academy of Fine Arts Vienna

In historical retrospect, the modern museum is a gathering place for visual manifestations of gender relations. The museum displayed bodies and sexuality as sites of patriarchal dominance. The prestige of the museum made sexualized violence, particularly through the appropriation of ancient mythology, a cultural norm. The lecture analyzes the modern museum as a site of patriarchal cultural norms. Through examples, it will be shown how curatorial and artistic practices make the museum a visible perpetrator of sexual violence and femicide, and how the museum today can be a place of resistance against sexualized violence and femicides.

Dr. Elke Krasny is a Professor of Art and Education at the Academy of Fine Arts Vienna. Krasny conducts research on transnational feminisms and dimensions of care in art, architecture, and urbanism. She is currently working with Lara Perry on a book about feminist museology. www.elke.krasny.at

Moderation: Prof. Dr. Charlotte Matter, Laurenz Professor for Contemporary Art, University of Basel

Event in cooperation with the Art History Seminar at the University of Basel.

Venue: Museum Tinguely

Photo (right): Lukas Wassmann