The Leslie-Lohman Museum: EXHIBITION TOURS

Press release via Leslie-Lohman Museum’s Weekly eDigest

CLASSICAL NUDES AND THE MAKING OF QUEER HISTORY

at the Leslie-Lohman Museum of Gay and Lesbian Art, New York.
Curated by Jonathan David Katz.
Sponsored by the John Burton Harter Charitable Trust.

Classical Nudes and the Making of Queer History, curated by scholar Jonathan David Katz, investigates the continued centrality of the classical nude over centuries of art making. This exhibition explores how images of the classical past have acted as recurring touchstones in the historical development of same-sex representation, and as such, constitute a sensitive barometer of the shifting constructions of what we today call gay and lesbian or queer culture.

EXHIBITION TOURS

Exhibition tours will be held every Saturday at 3pm. Weekend tours will be provided by Museum staff and special guest docents as scheduled below.

Saturday, November 15
Sunday, November 16
Jonathan David Katz, Curator
Ph.D. Program Director in Visual culture studies, SUNY at Buffalo.

Saturday, November 29
Deborah Bright
Chair of Fine Art at Pratt Institute was previously Professor of Photography and History of Art/Visual Culture at RISD.

Saturday, December 6
Catherine Lord
Professor of Studio Art and affiliated faculty, Department of Women’s Studies and Department of Visual Culture at the University of California.

Saturday, December 13
Barbara Kellum
Teaches Roman art and architecture at Smith College.

Sunday, December 14
Margaret Rose Vendryes
Ph.D., Artist and Distinguished Lecturer, Performing and Fine Arts and Director, Fine Arts Gallery, York College, CUNY.

Friday, December 19, 5pm
Jonathan David Katz, Curator
Ph.D. Program Director in Visual culture studies, SUNY at Buffalo.