Zanele Muholi: Isilumo Siyaluma – Periods of Pain

Isilumo siyaluma, zulu expression which means period pains, as we continue to live and survive in troubled times as black lesbians in South Africa and within the continent. Visual artist Zanele Muholi explains her queer art project “Isilumo siyaluma” to Toxic Lesbian, Madrid, Spain. Related Links Zanele Muholi’s online portfolio…

CABELLO / CARCELLER “Off escena: Si yo fuera…”

CABELLO / CARCELLER “Off escena: Si yo fuera…” (Off Escena: If I Were…) from Matadero Madrid on Vimeo. Art Project of view “Off Escena: Si yo fuera…”, Madrid 2011 : “A scaffold and wood structure inhabits the old cold storage of Matadero Madrid. A graffiti, “Ask and tell”, dominates a…

Artist Talk: Molly Landreth, USA

Queer Photographer Molly Landreth was interviewed about her exhibtion Embodiment: A Portrait of Queer Life in America at the Center for Fine Art Photography in Colorado, USA, September 2011. This summer Molly Landreth has launched a new website about the project Embodiment: A Portrait of Queer Life in America, which…

Artist Talk: Tejal Shah at the Elizabeth A. Sackler Center for Feminist Art Forum

In conjunction with the exhibition Global Feminisms, feminist artists from more than fifty countries discussed or performed their works in the Elizabeth A. Sackler Center for Feminist Art Forum. These artist talks took place during the Center’s opening weekend March 23-25, 2007. Video courtesy of the Elizabeth A. Sackler Foundation….

Exhibition About The Woman’s Building and A Feminist Art Herstory Project

The Woman’s Building was a renown non-profit arts and education Centre located in Los Angeles, Calfornia, USA. The Woman’s Building was open from 1973 until 1991. It served as a venue for the women’s movement and focused on feminist art. The Woman’s Building was funded by artist Judy Chicago, graphic designer…

British Painter Maggi Hambling

Maggie Hambling (born 1945) is a British painter, sculptor and queer woman. Maggi Hambling CBE discusses and reveals new work in this short documentary filmed in her London studio.

Lesbian Art Herstory: Lesbians Seeing Lesbians

Lesbians Seeing Lesbians: building community in early feminist photography
focuses on three of the most prominent photographers of this early generation: Tee A. Corinne (1943-2006: St. Petersburg, Florida), JEB (Joan E. Biren, b.1944: Washington D.C.), and Cathy Cade (b.1942: Honolulu, Hawaii). And the works of contemporary lesbian photographers: Cass Bird, Angela Jimenez, Zanele Muholi and Catherine Opie.

South Africa: ANTI-CENSORSHIP

Activist and visual artist Zanele Muholi has send the article ANTI-CENSORSHIP, which was published in the Sunday Tribune, South Africa, July 2011. Sunday Tribune’s Vivian Attwood quotes activist, black lesbian and photographer Zanele Muholi who talked about her work as a visual activist:  ‘I am an activist before I am…

San Francisco: Artist Talk with Lenore Chinn

Gallery 1307 and Lenore Chinn cordially invites you to our First Round of Artist Talks. July 28 2011 7:00 pm at Gallery 1307 Lenore Chinn queer artist and author speaks about her long artistic career, art today and her new book: Cultural Confluences.

Artist Talk with Ana Hoffner in Estonia

Artist talk with Ana Hoffner on May 21, 2010 is part of the queer exhibition “Untold Stories”. The artist talk takes place at
Tallinna Kunstihoone, Vabaduse väljak 6, Tallinn, Estonia.

Aurora Reinhard Talks About Her Art Works

Aurora Reinhard (1975) earned her MFA, Academy of Fine Arts in Helsinki in 2003. She is based in Helsinki, Finland. Aurora has worked with issues about gender, female identity and the marginalization of women, lesbians and other social groups since the end of the 90′ies.