Video (22:47): Collin Klugbauer, co-curator of the retrospective exhibition ‘Burning down the Patriarchy. The Berlin women and lesbians’ scene photographed by Petra Gall’ talks about the lesbian photographer Petra Gall (1955-2018).
The exhibition runs through February 23 2026 at Schwules Museum Berlin, Germany.
Category: Lesbian art herstory
Queer Modernism 1900 to 1950
at K20 Kunstsammlung Nordrhein-Westfalen, Düsseldorf, Germany
through February 15, 2026
Video (58:43): In her biography, “Agnes Martin, Her Life and Art,” (2015) New York-based critic Nancy Princenthal tells Agnes Martin’s extraordinary life story.
Betty Parsons
Saturday 4 October 2025 – Sunday 25 January 2026
at De La Warr Pavilion
Bexhill On Sea, East Sussex, UK
Lesbian Mary Steen (1856-1939) was a Danish royal court photographer and feminist.
Canadian born Clara Estelle Sipprell (1885-1975) was one of America’s most important pictorial photographers of the early 20th century.
Video (4:54): a short illustrated biography about English lesbian artist Doris Hatt (1890-1969).
Video (1:09:39): Art historian Lucy Howarth talks on British artist Marlow Moss (1889-1958). Introduction by Sarah McDougall.
Biography: Finnish graphic artist, illustrator and professor Tuulikki “Tooti” Pietilä (1917–2009).
Video (1:03:27): A discussion reflecting on “Je tu il elle”, Chantal Akerman’s most explicitly queer film. After a short introduction in French the event continues in English.
Video (1:00:43):Documentary artist and activist JEB (Joan E. Biren) took part in a conversation with Stonewall National Museum & Archives Executive Director Hunter O’Hanian on Thursday March 18, 2021.
Avant-garde artist and educator Marta Hoepffner (1912–2000) – a biography by Dr. Birgit Bosold.
Grace of Desire – Rebellion, Surrealism, Photography – Claude Cahun, Marta Hoeppffner, Florence Henri, Krista Beinstein
01.05. 2025 – 08.06.2025
at Kunstraum Scherben
Scherben e.V.
Leipziger Str. 61, 10117 Berlin, Germany
Avant-garde photographer Florence Henri – a biography by Dr. Birgit Bosold.
Video (4:07): Cory Yoesting (he/him) educating us about LGBTQ history and culture. This episode of his podcast is about French lesbian artist Claude Cahun.
Video (2:51): The exhibition MANIFEST Yourself! (2023) retraces the development of (queer) feminist manifestos through a selection of statements issued by women*, trans and non-binary people around the world.
Video (36:21): BBC Radio’s Sue Lawley interviews lesbian painter Maggi Hambling about her life and favourite music.
Video (3:10): Artist Joan Snyder reflects on Florine Stettheimer’s “Cathedrals” paintings in this episode of The Artist Project (2016).
The Kunstraum Scherben Berlin presents Lesbian Legacies, a three-part exhibition series offering a fascinating perspective on art history and the overlooked lesbian artists.
Video (56:40): Scholar Julia Voss presents her new biography of Hilma af Klint, published by University of Chicago Press (2022).