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William Gropper’s Incisive Cartoons in Defense of the New Deal Look Familiar Today

by Valentina Di Liscia January 24, 2022January 25, 2022

Still resonating with relevance, William Gropper’s incisive cartoons in defense of the WPA go on auction at New York’s Swann Galleries together with other works by celebrated WPA artists.

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299 Funny, Insightful, and Creative Artists’ Books Head to Auction

by Cassie Packard November 4, 2021November 4, 2021

Ed Ruscha, Louise Bourgeois, and David Hammons have all creatively forayed into the nebulous genre of “artists’ books” that are going up for auction at Swann Auction Galleries.

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Féral Benga, the Cabaret Dancer Who Redefined Black Masculinity

by Valentina Di Liscia August 10, 2021August 12, 2021

A double portrait of the dancer and Harlem Renaissance icon at Swann Galleries evokes his allure as an artist’s model and his indelible imprint on modernism.

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The Sensual, Surreal, and Queer PaJaMa Collective

by Cassie Packard August 5, 2021August 5, 2021

The collective staged erotically charged photographs of themselves and those in their artistic circles.

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An Early 20th-Century Erotic Illustrator and Her Queer Vision of Beauty

by Cassie Packard August 4, 2021August 6, 2021

Gerda Wegener’s works ranged from glamorous portraits of her partner to graphic illustrations of sex that celebrated women’s pleasure.

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The Erotic Nostalgia of Lesbian Pulp Fiction

by Sarah Rose Sharp August 4, 2021August 4, 2021

Published from the 1950s through 1970s, their covers are colorful, kitschy, and anachronistic.

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Queer Art and Historical Ephemera Up for Auction at Swann

by Swann Auction Galleries August 2, 2021July 30, 2021

Material from the 1800s through contemporary times includes art by Tom of Finland, Gerda Wegener, and JEB, as well as works of lesbian pulp fiction and more, all available on August 19.

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How Swann Galleries Set the Stage for the Modern African American Art Market

by Cassie Packard December 10, 2020December 14, 2020

For the past 13 years, Swann has been the only major auction house with a department dedicated to African American art, setting auction records for artists such as Sam Gilliam, Faith Ringgold, and Charles White.

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For Decades, JEB Has Captured Liberatory Photographs of Lesbian Life 

by Jasmine Weber August 10, 2020November 5, 2020

A portrait of Audre Lorde and an intimate embrace between a couple in 1979 are two of four photographs by Joan E. Biren.

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How Tessa Boffin, One of the Leading Lesbian Artists of the AIDS Crisis, Vanished From History

by Ksenia M. Soboleva June 17, 2019June 26, 2019

Boffin explained in a 1991 radio interview that she was trying to put lesbians back on the political agenda, but her risqué performances frequently drew criticism from inside the LGBTQ community.

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The Day When Harvey Milk Was Mayor

by Zachary Small June 12, 2019June 12, 2019

The first openly gay elected official in the nation had just one day in San Francisco’s mayoral office in 1978, but the meaning of that moment will echo for generations.

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Read Allen Ginsberg’s Annotations About the Early Years of the Gay Pride Parade

by Zachary Small June 11, 2019June 12, 2019

When the beat poet looked through Hank O’Neal’s photographs of the pride march, he took the chance to narrate history

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