Author: Havmoeller

Stories Untold: Drawings from my time at Leeds

Text and artwork by Debbie McCarthy: Nearly a decade later, I look back on my time at Leeds with fond memories.(…) Looking at these drawings makes me realize that I didn’t simply arrive at the person I am today, it was a metamorphic struggle.

Debbie McCarthy

Queer Visual Arts In Sydney, Australia

Sydney Mardi Gras is back again. The Mardi Gras Gallery runs through March 5, 2011. It features a queer art show with by local and international artists. Kudos Gallery presents ‘Grace’ by Tina Fiveash.

L-CALENDAR 2011

L for Lesbian – this is THE calendar for gay women. Belgian photographer Cristina de la Madera (born in 1982) is tea author of this fine calendar with sensual black/white photos of real lesbian or bisexual coples in everyday situations.

No Celluloid Closet any more

This video describes what readers can expect from Blood Moon’s 2010 book release: FIFTY YEARS OF QUEER CINEMA, 500 of the Best GLBTQ Films Ever Made.

More Feel Good Paintings by Deborah Kass

Grace Moon interviewed Deborah Kass about “More Feel Good Paintings for Feel Bad Times.” A Deborah Kass solo show at Paul Kasmin Gallery, September 2010.

Portraits Of The Survivors – A History Of The Rromas

Portraits de Survivants : Histoire d’une déportation rrom – a photography exhibition by Ana Dumitrescu The above exhibition by photographer Ana Dumitrescu is about the survivors of the holocaust in Romania, where Rromas (Gypsies) was sent to the concentration camps during the Second World War.  The show runs February 8 – 25, 2011 in Paris. Ana tells:…

Lesbian Art Herstory: The Lesbian Art Project and GALAS

I have been looking back at lesbian art projects and exhibitions in the late 1970s, when lesbian artists began to fight for their seat in history and took the first steps on the way to raising public awareness of lesbian art as something more than a hidden subcultural phenomenon.

Local Histories: The Ground We Walk On

María DeGúzman invites anyone in the Raleigh-Durham area, North Carolina, or with friends and colleagues in and around RDU to join her at the opening of Local Histories: The Ground We Walk On. February 11, 5-9 pm. 523 East Franklin Street, Chapel Hill, NC 27514 USA (formerly the Chapel Hill Museum)

Work in Progress – Photography by Birthe Havmoeller

My life is quest for a connection with my spiritual roots and a wish to raise my spiritual awareness. I took up photography 20+ years ago as a creative tool. My latest exhibition ‘Work in Progress’ features five black & white works from my series ‘Land Art’ made in 1999-2001 and three color works made in 2009-2010. The show runs through January 31, 2011 in Aarhus, Denmark.

Photographs by Dorothée Smith

Dorothée Smith exhibition at la galerie du Château d’eau, Toulouse, France, January 26 – March 6 2011. The show features the photography series Löyly (2009) + Sub Limis (2010).

Brighton: 18th Annual Lesbian Lives Conference

18th Annual Lesbian Lives Conference. Theme:’Revolting: Bodies, Politics & Genders’, 11-12 February 2011. The Lesbian Lives Conference has been organised by the Women’s Studies Centre at University College Dublin for the past seventeen years and in 2011 it celebrates its 18th birthday in Brighton.

Norway: Paintings by Rikke Thoresen

Solo exhibition with paintings by queer artist Rikke Thoresen January 21 – February 2, 2011 at Galleri Frognerveien 44, Oslo, Norway. Opening reception January 20, 2011 18:00 – 20:00. The show is open daily 11:00 – 16:00.

Queer Art At The Midsumma Festival In Melbourne Australia

The first week of the 2011 Midsumma Festival is jam-packed with queer visual arts launches. There’s an overview to them at the festival’s website. Most of the art shows run for the duration of the festival January 17 – Febuary 6 2011, so if you miss the launches you still have plenty of time to see the exhibitions.