Art
The Forgotten History of Bourne and Allen’s Mid-Century Textiles
A new show seeks to restore a pair of modernist weavers to a place of prominence in British design history.
Queer
Podcast
Thomas Lanigan-Schmidt: The Story of One of the Few Artists at the Stonewall Uprising
From his fourth-floor Hell’s Kitchen walk-up, the artist talks Catholic icons, tin foil, and memories of fires raging outside the treasured safe space for the queer community in 1960s New York City.
Art
Remembering Cecilia Gentili’s Singular Artistry
The late activist’s art transformed religious symbolism used to denigrate and debase, forging a path in the world for the undocumented community, sex workers, and transgender people.
Books
A True and Exact History of Queer Indigenous Sovereignty
Miss Chief, artist Kent Monkman’s alter ego, narrates the story of Turtle Island not as a settler allegory but from the perspective of the land itself.
News
Two Lesbian Lovers’ Elaborate Art Hoax
Artworks will be attributed to both Dorothy Hepworth and Patricia Preece for the first time in a new exhibition.
Books
The Glittery History of Drag in New York City
Glitter and Concrete demands we take drag seriously as a cultural art form that responds to, critiques, and is a crucial part of American history.
Books
Diarmuid Hester Distills Queer Longing
In Nothing Ever Just Disappears, Hester wanders in search of kinship with queer bohemians such as James Baldwin, Josephine Baker, and Kevin Killian.
Art
Ways of Seeing, According to Roberto Gil de Montes
Nothing on the canvas wholly captures what it means to belong on land or at sea.
Film
Set in a Lesbian City in the Year 2700, Flaming Ears Is Queer and Campy Fun
For those up for seriously weird, naughty “cyberdyke” mayhem, this movie will likely disturb and delight.
Art
Uncovering the Queer Histories of Workers' Movements
As bodily autonomy and workers’ rights remain under constant and often intertwined threat, The Work of Love, the Queer of Labor reminds us of what is still at stake.
Art
A Museum Sees its Collection Through a Queer Lens
Blurred Boundaries invites the viewer to recognize the ways in which queer art is not separate or other, but is actually always all around us.
Books
What Defines a Queer Space?
Queer Spaces: An Atlas of LGBTQ+ Places and Stories records how generations of queer communities have persisted and created familial oases around the world.