The light in Sharkey’s images doesn’t so much cover his subjects but illuminates them from within.
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Andy Warhol’s Defiant Hopes for Queer Art
In an essay in “Andy Warhol: Love, Sex, and Desire,” out from TASCHEN, Gopnik argues that Warhol had good reason to believe that daring gay imagery was where art ought to have been heading.
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100 Years of Photographs of Gay Men in Love
Hundreds of photographs from the 19th and 20th centuries offer a glimpse at the life of gay men during a time when their love was illegal almost everywhere.
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Peter Hujar’s Tender, Transgressive Portraits and Why They Require Nuance
Lacking any attempts to deepen or broaden conversations about Hujar’s work, Cruising Utopia at Pace Gallery feels more like a store than an exhibition.
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Queer Art Workers Reflect: Julieta Salgado Is Dancing and Celebrating as Much as She’s Protesting
LGBTQ Pride month is now. Every day in June, we are celebrating the community by featuring one queer art worker and asking them to reflect on what this moment means to them.
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Queer Art Workers Reflect: Sarah Jane Moon Is Celebrating Pride by Painting Her Queer Heroes
LGBTQ Pride month is now. Every day in June, we are celebrating the community by featuring one queer art worker and asking them to reflect on what this moment means to them.
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Queer Art Workers Reflect: Dana Suleymanova Is Rooting for More Queer Arts Educators
LGBTQ Pride month is now. Every day in June, we are celebrating the community by featuring one queer art worker and asking them to reflect on what this moment means to them.
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The Unapologetically Gay, Erotic Drawings of Soufiane Ababri
Alternately funny, melancholic, erotic, and political, the Moroccan artist’s Bedworks series offers compassionate images of men blissfully enjoying themselves.
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Queer Art Workers Reflect: Kevin Quiles Bonilla Maintains That “Pride Is Celebrated All the Time”
LGBTQ Pride month is now. Every day in June, we are celebrating the community by featuring one queer art worker and asking them to reflect on what this moment means to them.
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Queer, Feminist Art Is Still a Crime In Russia
Leading up to the July 1 election — which would allow Vladimir Putin to remain president through 2036 — queer people have been disturbingly targeted.
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Queer Art Workers Reflect: Mo Romney Is Archiving “Uncharted Areas of Black Art History”
LGBTQ Pride month is now. Every day in June, we are celebrating the community by featuring one queer art worker and asking them to reflect on what this moment means to them.
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Queer Art Workers Reflect: Joseph Liatela Is Thinking About the Future of Queer Bars
LGBTQ Pride month is now. Every day in June, we are celebrating the community by featuring one queer art worker and asking them to reflect on what this moment means to them.