Antwerp Queer Arts Festival

Antwerp Queer Arts Festival

Press Release by Antwerp Queer Arts Festival, Antwerp,  July 13, 2015. A Spotlight on China at the Antwerp Queer Arts Festival The second edition of the Antwerp Queer Arts Festival will take place in Antwerp from August 1 to 9 and will turn its focus on China. The festival will show the works of Chinese…

Goodbye/Hello by Nicola Tyson

Goodbye/Hello by Nicola Tyson Dates: June 10 – July 25, 2015 Venue: Nathalie Obadia, Paris, France Nicola Tyson was born in 1960 in London, England. She attended Chelsea School of Art, St. Martins School of Art and Central St. Martins College of Art and Design in London and currently lives…

London: A Lecture and a New Monograph about Agnes Martin

Agnes Martin: Innocence the Hard Way Lecture by Nancy Princenthal Tate Modern, Starr Auditorium, London, UK Wednesday July 15, 2015, 18.30 – 20.00 Nancy Princenthal discusses abstract painter (and lesbian) Agnes Martin’s formative experiences, the development of her work, and the range of lively non-mainstream art communities in which she…

Poster: Homosexuality_ies, courtesy of Schwules Museum*

Must See Exhibition in Berlin – ‘Homosexuality_ies’

Poster: Homosexuality_ies, courtesy of Schwules Museum* Homosexuality_ies / Homosexualität_en June 26 to December 1, 2015 at Schwules Museum* and the Deutsches Historisches Museum in Berlin, Germany. The exhibition shows how same-sex sexuality and non-conformist gender identities have been criminalized and socially repressed and tells the story of the LGBT liberation…

Exhibition by Roni Horn in Spain (2014)

The artist Roni Horn talks about her exhibition in Spain 2014. The exhibition ‘Roni Horn. Everything was sleeping as though the universe were a mistake‘ is organised by the Fundació Joan Miró and Obra Social “la Caixa”. It was open to the public from June 20 to September 28, 2014…

Agnes Martin – Tate Modern (2015)

‘You are what goes through your mind – whether you are aware of it or not.’ – Agnes Martin. Agnes Martin at Tate Modern 3 June – 11 October 2015. This is the first retrospective of the works of American painter and dyke Agnes Martin (1912 – 2004) since 1994.

Thessaloniki 2015: ‘Ident-alter-ity’

5th Thessaloniki Biennale of Contemporary Art held from June 23 until September 30, 2015, in Thessaloniki, Greece. The Biennale features a number of exhibitions and a performance festival. Among the conteporary art exhibitions is a ‘queer/gendered’ one: “Ident-alter-ity” and in conjunction with this exhibitions there was a symposium on June…

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Loving, Repeating by Pauline Boudry and Renate Lorenz

Installation view: Future Light. Pauline Boudry / Renate Lorenz. LOVING, REPEATING, Kunsthalle Wien 2015, Photo: Stephan Wyckoff Loving, Repeating by Pauline Boudry and Renate Lorenz June 11 – October 4, 2015 at Kunsthalle Wien, Austria Curator: Maria Lind, Director Tensta Konsthall, Stockholm Excerpt from the press release: ‘Pauline Boudry and…

Queer Fantasy

Excerpt from the ‘Leslie-Lohman Museum Recommends July 2015’ newsletter QUEER FANTASY July 11, 2015 – August 15, 2015 OHWOW Gallery 937 N. La Cienega Boulevard Los Angeles, CA 90069, USA OHWOW Gallery is pleased to present Queer Fantasy, a group exhibition curated by William J. Simmons. Featuring work by ten…

A.K. Burns: ‘I am a compulsive collaborator’

2-A.K. Burns speaking at “Art Practice, Activism, and Pedagogy: Some Feminist Views” a symposium at Parsons School of Design (2012) from Feminist Art Channel on Vimeo. In this video A.K. Burns self identifies as a feminist artist. She makes sculpture, video, collage and performed social actions. The artist talk ends…

Start-the-Riot painting by Kim Leutwyler

Kim Leutwyler – First Time Archibald Finalist

Press release by Kim Leutwyler ‘Start the Riot’, Oil on canvas, 152 cm x 102 cm by Kim Leutwyler First Time Archibald Finalist Paints: Activist, Designer and Model, Ollie Henderson [SYDNEY, Australia July 9th] Artist Kim Leutwyler is counted among the 50 finalists for this year’s Archibald Prize, having submitted…

Dear Nemesis, Nicole Eisenman 1993 – 2013

Dear Nemesis, Nicole Eisenman 1993 – 2013 by Contemporary Art Museum St. Louis, 2014. About Nicole Eisenman: ‘Nicole Eisenman (b. 1965, Verdun, France) lives and works in New York City. Eisenman was recently awarded the Carnegie Prize for her work in the 2013 Carnegie International. Recent solo exhibitions include MATRIX…

Lecture: the Artist as Archivist (2013)

The Artist as Archivist from Institute for Women & Art (2013) on Vimeo. About the video: ‘this panel addresses the question of artists’ archives – archives of artistic work, archives created by artists of work that otherwise would be lost to time, archives as art. Chair: Aruna D’Souza (Independent Scholar)…

City Talk: Alice Austen House Museum (2011)

The description of the video: ‘Doug is joined by Ann Marie McDonnell, artist and director of education at the Alice Austen House Museum, and Dr. Carl Rutberg, the museum’s executive director. They discuss the great photographer Alice Austen- her works, her life and the history of her home, Clear Comfort,…