Hall of Fame

Hall of Fame: art herstory list with archive posts about the lesbian artists

  • Sarah-Joy Ford and Veronica Slater: Reflecting on Queer Feminisms and Modernism (5/26/2023) - Video (1:09:46): Sarah-Joy Ford and Veronica Slater discuss the history queer art and their own queer feminist art projects.
  • Alice Austen and the Gilded Age (4/6/2023) - Video (26:19): Tony Guida’s NY is a talk show illuminating the colorful corners of New York. His guest is Bonnie Yochelson, Art Historian and author of a coming book about the photographer and lesbian Alice Austen (1866 - 1952).
  • Maria ‘Toyen’ Cerminova (2/22/2023) - Video (15:18): Slideshow with works by bisexual, surrealist Czech artist, painter, drafter and illustrator Maria Čermínová. Watch the video on Youtube.
  • Claude Cahun Retrospective Exhibition in Denmark (2/10/2023) - Claude Cahun: Under huden, February 10 - July 23 2023 at The Brandts Museum, Odense, Denmark. The large retrospective exhibition features 70 photographs and photomontages by the lesbian artist, or made in collaboration with her partner, illustrator and designer Marcel Moore.
  • Close Looking: The Archives of Frances Loring and Florence Wyle (1/16/2023) - Video (11:34): Amy Furness, Rosamond Ivey Special Collections Archivist and Head, Library & Archives, she offers a glimpse into the archives of sculptors Frances Loring (1887–1968) and Florence Wyle (1881–1968) at the Art Gallery of Ontario, Canada.
  • Phyllis Christopher: Contacts (2021) (11/21/2022) - Video (7:18): In this episode of BALTIC Bites, queer feminist artist Phyllis Christopher discusses San Fransisco's lesbian community in the '90s and what it meant to capture intimate acts of queer sexuality and protest through documentary photography in the 1990s. See the virtual exhibition 'Phyllis Christopher: Contacts' on BALTIC Centre for contemporary Art's website. The BALTIC hosted Phyllis Christopher's exhibition in 2021.
  • Wiki4All: Jess Dobkin, Canada (7/25/2022) - Video (1:38): 'Jess Dobkin is a performance artist based in Toronto, Canada. She is best known for her 2006 work The Lactation Station.' - Wiki4All
  • Berenice Abbott – A Photographic Tour of 1930s New York City (7/25/2022) - Video (11:13): slideshow - 'Berenice Abbott was one of the most talented and prolific photograpers of the 20th century. One major chapter in her photographic art works, was an extensive capture of New York City in the 1930s. This presentation is a collection of 100+ photographs, paired with a lo-fi ethereal soundtrack.'
  • Harriet Hosmer and the Cis-tems She Defied (7/23/2022) - Video (1:08:09): Historian Beans Velocci and Lori Waselchuk, Assistant Director of Public Programs discuss the life and art of Harriet Hosmer.
  • Ithell Colquhoun: “Genius of the Fern Loved Gully” with Amy Hale & Timothy Liu. (6/21/2022) - Video (1:11:22): a conversation about Ithell Colquhoun (1906-1988). - In celebration of the publication of the first in-depth study of the reclusive British surrealist poet, painter, and occultist Ithell Colquhoun, biographer Amy Hale & poet Timothy Liu will discuss the life and work of this enigmatic figure.
  • Queer Cornwall: Marlow Moss, Gluck and Ithell Colquhoun in Lamorna (6/19/2022) - Video (12.25): Queer Cornwall: Marlow Moss, Gluck and Ithell Colquhoun in Lamorna a video by Tate Gallery (2021).
  • Radical Desire: Making On Our Backs Magazine (6/1/2022) - Radical Desire: Making On Our Backs Magazine open through September 30, 2022 at Kroch Library, Hirshland Gallery, Olin Library, Ithaca, NY 14850, USA
  • Berenice Abbott: Portraits of Women, 1925–1930 (6/1/2022) - The exhibition opened June 2, 2022 and will be open (more dates) through July 31, 2022 at Johnson Museum of Art, USA.
  • Harriet Hosmer – The Sculptor’s Funeral Podcast Episode 63 (5/23/2022) - Video (53:35): a podcast about the life of sculptor and lesbian Harriet Hosmer (1830-1908). Harriet Hosmer was known in her day as a 'Lady Sculptor', an 'Emancipated Woman', and as a leading member of 'The White Marmorean Flock'.
  • Slide Show: works by Jeanne Mammen (5/23/2022) - Video (4:18): slide show with works by German artist Jeanne Mammen (1890-1976)
  • A Conversation on Abstract Painter Louise Fishman (1939 – 2021) (3/21/2022) - Video (1:35:06): Artist Carrie Moyer and gallerist Brendan Dugan join Rail Artseen Editor Amanda Gluibizzi and Rail contributor Ksenia M. Soboleva for a conversation on abstract painter and lesbian Louise Fishman, with an introduction by Phong H. Bui. Louise Fishman died in 2021.
  • Tamara de Lempicka: The Life of an Artist (11/9/2021) - Video (17:01): Art school with Paul Priestley presents Tamara de Lempicka: The Life of an Artist. Tamara de Lempicka was a bisexual artist, a popular art deco painter who lived a bohemian life in Europe and the US.
  • MARIE ❤ EMILIE. Queering the Collection (11/9/2021) - Video (7:45): A short film by Den Hirschsprungske Samling in Copenhagen about lesbian painters Marie Luplau and Emilie Mundt. The exhibition 'MARIE ❤ EMILIE. Queering the Collection' at Den Hirschsprungske Samling in Copenhagen, Denmark runs through January 9, 2022.
  • Modern Women Artists 3: Marlow Moss, with Lucy Howarth (10/24/2021) - Video (54:51): In her presentation, art researcher and author Lucy Howarth talks about the life of Marlow Moss (1889–1958) who was a British Constructivist artist and a central figure in the development of European non-figurative art, and her book about 'Marlow Moss' (2019). This event was streamed live via Zoom on Thursday 18th March 2021.
  • Rosa Bonheur – ‘The Horse Fair’ (9/23/2021) - Video (5:13): the short film 'Rosa Bonheur: “As far as males go, I only like the bulls I paint”' by the National Gallery, London, UK. Published on 8. March, 2019 as a part of Women's History Month.
  • ‘Perspective II’ by Ruth Bernhard (9/22/2021) - Video (3:20): in this Art Minutes video with Patricia Tomlinson, Curator of Exhibitions at the Appleton Museum of Art, talks about the work of fascinating German photographer Ruth Bernhard (1905 – 2006). Video by Appelton Museum of Art, 2020.
  • SD Holman hands over the reins of The Pride in Art Society to Mark Takeshi McGrego (9/1/2021) - SD Holman will be stepping down after founding The Pride in Art Society 16 years ago and 14 years as Artistic & Executive Director, handing over the reins to Mark Takeshi McGregor as of October 1st, 2021.
  • The Rebel Dykes Art & Archive Show (8/6/2021) - The Rebel Dykes Art & Archive Show at Space Station Sixty-Five, Building One, 373 Kennington Road, London June 25th - September 17th 2021. Press release and photos courtesy of curator and activist Atalanta Kernick
  • Photographer Berenice Abbott (1898-1991) (7/15/2021) - Video (38:17): presentation about photographer Berenice Abbott (1898-1991) by Karen Albert, Hofstra University, April 2021.
  • Bernice Abbott: Bringing Photography to The New School (7/15/2021) - Video (7:06): Berenice Abbott (1898-1991) spent 24 years (1934-58) teaching photography at The New School where she founded the university’s first photography program.
  • Alice Austen House Designated As A National Site of LGBTQ History | Alice Austen House Museum, 2020 (6/17/2021) - 2020: the celebration of the re-designation of the Alice Austen House (museum) as a national site of LGBTQ history putting the lesbian photographer, Alice Austen, and all of us on the map. Video (10:27): Video of the openning speech by the Alice Austen House.
  • Nicole Eisenman – Giant Without a Body (6/17/2021) - Nicole Eisenman – Giant Without a Body at the Astrup Fernley Museet in Oslo, Norway, 05/28/2021—08/29/2021. This post features two videos about key works in the retrospective exhibition.
  • The Rebel Dykes Art & Archive Show (6/1/2021) - REBEL DYKES ART & ARCHIVE SHOW, June 25th - September 17th, 2021. Opening night: June 24th, 2021. Venue: Space Station Sixty-Five Gallery, Kennington, London UK.
  • JEB – Eye to Eye: Portraits of Lesbians (4/17/2021) - Video (00:56): a very fast leaf through 'Eye to Eye: Portraits of Lesbians' by JEB (Joan E. Biren). the book was reprinted in March 2021 by Anthology Editions.
  • Staci Bu Shea, Dying livingly with Barbara Hammer (3/21/2021) - Video (26:40): remembering Barbara Hammer (May 15, 1939 – March 16, 2019), curator Staci Bu Shea celebrates the lesbian filmmaker's life and art in her recent talk.
  • Betty Parsons: Heated Sky (1/21/2021) - Video (7:58): Highlights from the 2020 exhibition Betty Parsons: "Heated Sky" at Alexander Gray Associates, a contemporary art gallery in New York City, and additional works. Illustration: Brick in the Sky (1969) by Betty Parsons.
  • ‘Marlow Moss’ by Art Quick Look (12/13/2020) - Video (9:15): 'Art Quick Look' writes, 'Marlow Moss was a gender queer, Jewish, female artist who charged the course of European modernism' and then he discusses a couple of Marlow Moss' works.
  • Victoria Munro: Queering Memory and the Alice Austen House (2019) (12/13/2020) - Video (18:54): Victoria Munro, excecutive director of Alice Austen House (on Staten Island, New York) talks about her job of queering the memory of lesbian photographer Alice Austen and the redecoration and transformation of Alice Austen House to a National LGBT Historic Site.
  • Betty Parsons: 1950s Work on Paper (11/14/2020) - The exhibition of works on paper by American lesbian gallerist and painter Betty Parsons (1900—1982) at Alexander Gray Associates, November 20, 2020 - January 31, 2021, highlights a pivotal moment in Parsons’ artistic career after she abandoned figuration to fully embrace abstraction.
  • Ellen Day Hale (1855-1940) (10/11/2020) - Self Portrait (1885) by Ellen Day Hale (1855-1940) , an American impressionist painter and printmaker from Boston. Her life companion was fellow artist Gabrielle de Veaux Clements.
  • Gabrielle de Veaux Clements (1858-1948) (10/11/2020) - Gabrielle de Veaux Clements, an American painter, print maker, and muralist. Drawing by her companion Ellen Day Hale.
  • Helen Langa – Romaine Brooks and Other 20th-Century Women Artists (10/11/2020) - Video (55:05): lecture by Helen Langa, Associate Professor, Art History, American University at the Smithsonian American Art Museum, 2016. Helen Langa talks about lesbian artist Romaine Brooks and other 20th-Century Women Artists in America.
  • Florence Henri au Jeu de Paume (2015) (9/24/2020) - Video (7:19): Florence Henri au Jeu de Paume (2015) is a short presentation about the photographic oeuvre of Florence Henri (1893-1982).
  • Annie Drew on Painter Agnes Martin (9/10/2020) - Video (11:09): Annie Drew made this video about Painter Agnes Martin (1912–2004) on the occasion of Agnes Martin's Birthday, March 2020.
  • Gluck: The Origin of Queer Art (8/19/2020) - Video (12:16): The painting analyzed in this video essay, Medallion (the YouWe picture) by Gluck, is one of their most famous as it is one of the first depiction of a queer relationship in art history.