Queer Elders
Don’t Ask Lari Pittman What His Work Is “About”
The Colombian-American painter discusses his new body of work, the complexity of queerness, and the reprieve of the analog.
2026 Pride Month
Queer Elders
Going Deep With Brenda Goodman
“I remember taking a plaid dress, tearing it up, and using it as paint rags,” the 83-year-old painter tells me in a knee-to-knee interview at her studio.
Queer Elders
By the Force of Flavia Rando's Presence
Once a member of the Gay Liberation Front and Radicalesbians, the pathbreaking queer artist and educator continues to stir the pot.
Queer Elders
Rosalie Favell and the Search for Herself
“I came out as a lesbian before I came out as an Indigenous woman,” the Métis artist told Hyperallergic.
Queer Elders
Sarah Schulman’s Four Decades of Lesbian Fiction
“Nothing stops me except the publishing industry,” quipped the novelist and AIDS historian, who cut her teeth as an East Village journalist writing for queer and feminist papers.
Queer Elders
Nayland Blake Doesn’t Believe in Fixed Selves
“You have to be a person who champions other work,” they told Hyperallergic, “so that you build the context within which your work can be legible.”
Guide
7 Art Books You Should Read This Pride Month
A joint biography of Peter Hujar and Paul Thek, a catalog on Martin Wong’s Chinatowns, Catherine Opie’s portraiture, queer nightlife through the ages, and more.
Queer Elders
Jamie Nares’s Enduring Romance With the Brushstroke
The New York-based painter and filmmaker speaks to Hyperallergic about finding the essence of things.