Collier Schorr About Her Photography

Queer photographer Collier Schorr talks to Art:21 about how she works with one of her young models, a young man whom she has asked to copy poses as a woman.

2011 Midsumma Festival

Midsumma, Melbourne’s annual Queer Celebration, is a federation of arts and cultural events spread over 70 different venues throughout Melbourne, Australia.

Garbo, The Icon

A special group exhibition event at the ABC Treehouse in Amsterdam, Holland will be celebrating the winter holidays and the return of the popularity of handmade gift-giving. The exhibition is titled ‘A Handmade Holiday’. Among the artists presented at this exhibition is queer sculptor Chantz Perkins.

Zanele Muholi A Visual Artist and Activist

A Feminine Moments review of the art book ‘Faces and Phases’ by queer photographer Zanele Muholi from South Africa and the short film ‘Difficult Love’ about Zanele and her photography, directed by Peter Goldsmid.

Beata Kosc Photography

Photos and Artist Statement by Beata Kosc: ‘The “Certain Body” is a series of self-portraits. It is focusing on gender as a layer of identity attributed to the body…

The National LGBT Visual Documentation Project

Freedom is a concept that has particular resonance for my family. My great-grandparents fled the political turmoil of Spain for Cuba. A few decades later, there was a second family exodus…

Hide/Seek Exhibition At The Smithsonian, USA

American art historian Cassandra Langer says about the Hide/Seek exhibition at the Smithsonian National Portrait Gallery:
‘Jonathan Katz and David Ward’s show at the National Portrait Gallery is open. Hide and Seek features Romaine Brook’s work and Jonathan Weinberg’s show at the archives also features a lovely Van Vechten photograph of her. Shows run through Feb. 2011…

Queer portraits at the Smithsonian

The Smithsonian National Portrait Gallery in USA announces that ‘Hide/Seek’ – Difference and desire in American portraiture is the first museum exhibition to focus on sexual difference in the making of modern American portraiture.

Jan Morley – A Liberty Body

Artist statement by Jan Morley, UK. I have been designing for the tableware industry for about 15 years and I also own and run an online gift store.

Gay Artist = Gay Art?

Gay Artist = Gay Art? a panel debate with gay artists and designers at V&A in London.

Outburst Queer Arts Festival November 12 – 20 2010

Outbust Queer Arts Festival programme cover 2010; cover image ‘Ginger Queers’, baked with love by Cakesbyjames.co.uk Belfast’s annual lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender arts festival starts November 12th, with 8 days of theatre, film, music, art, workshops, performance, discussion and much much more. I have taken a look at the…

Paris International Lesbian & Feminist Film Festival

CINEFFABLE 2010, launches its 22nd International Lesbian & Feminist Film Festival in Paris November 1 – November 2 2010. This year the festival celebrates the 40th anniversary of the French Women’s Liberation Movement with a focus on lesbians contribution to feminism.

Modern Women – Women Artists at The Museum of Modern Art

The landmark publication ‘Modern Women: Women Artists at The Museum of Modern Art’, in which the museum now openly discusses gender issues, and how instrumental women have been in advancing the arts to where they are today, is the greatest piece of art news, which I have heard in 2010.