In this presentation, Queering Black Representation in European Art, artist, poet, and historian Tayla Myree explores how Black people have been represented within the canon of European art history and examines how questions of gender, sexuality, and race intersect in visual culture and historical narratives.The event took place on May 7 at Queer Museum Vienna.

The discussion resonates with many of the themes at the heart of both Loud & Proud Month and the ongoing conversations of the Black Lives Matter movement. It also amplifies perspectives and experiences from Vienna’s BIPOC queer community, opening space for critical reflections on representation, belonging, memory, and identity.

Tayla Myree is based in Vienna and works across film, photography, prose, and sound. They hold a Master’s degree in Comparative History from the Central European University and are a member of the Video and Video Installation Studio at the Academy of Fine Arts Vienna.

Throughout the presentation, Tayla Myree engages with a number of artworks and visual examples. If you’d like to explore the pieces discussed during the talk, you can find them at the links below.

Peter Paul Rubens: Venus in Front of the Mirror

Hyacinthe Rigaud: Portrait of Frederick Augustus II, later Augustus III

Cornelis Cornelisz van Haarlem: Het toilet van Bathseba

Johann Gottfried Auerbach: Porträt des Prinzen Eugen

The event was recorded by Carla Lora Pérez.