Gay Artists

Does Your Picnic Basket Define You?

Posted 04.20.2012

Read More: Whitney Houston, Video, Still Life, San Francisco Artists, Libby Black, Gay Artists, Female Artists, Slidepollajax, Self Portrait, Marx & Zavattero, Arts News

Libby Black is a Berkeley-based artist who first became known for her DIY renditions of luxury products and brands. Kate Spade and caviar were her sub...

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PHOTOS: A Look Back At The Gay Heyday Of New York's Waterfront

The Huffington Post | Curtis M. Wong | Posted 04.05.2012

Read More: Manhattan, Leslie/Lohman Gay Art Foundation, Stonewall Riots, Gay Rights, Leslie/Lohman Museum of Gay and Lesbian Art, LGBT Rights, Gay Artists, New York City Piers, New York Piers, The Piers: Art and Sex Along the New York Waterfront, New York, Stonewall, New York City, Gay Art, Gay Voices News

They might not date back as far as Athens' Acropolis or Egypt's pyramids, but according to Jonathan D. Katz, the piers which line New York's riverfron...

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PHOTOS: A New Look At Keith Haring

The Huffington Post | Curtis M. Wong | Posted 03.16.2012

Read More: The Brooklyn Museum, Subway Artist, Keith Haring, Gay Artists, The Keith Haring Foundation, Brooklyn Museum, Slidepollajax, Brooklyn, Keith Haring Foundation, Gay Voices News

Graphic pop artist, human rights activist and visionary curator, Keith Haring was never one for social or creative conventions. So when one stroll...

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Fad Gadget Makes A Comeback

The Huffington Post | Kathleen Massara | Posted 03.13.2012

Read More: Video, Lower East Side, Frank Tovey, New York Galleries, Gay Artists, Fad Gadget, Envoy Enterprises, Slidepollajax, Terence Koh, Arts News

Frank Tovey sang about the difficulties of living in the modern world; his songs "spoke for and against the little man, the ubiquitous civilian bewild...

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Villanova Cancels Gay Artist's Workshop

AP | PATRICK WALTERS | Posted 04.22.2012

Read More: Catholic Universities, Video, LGBT Issues, Aids Research, Controversy, Villanova, Queer Art, Gay Artists, National Endowment for the Arts, Arts Funding, Tim Miller, Arts News

PHILADELPHIA — Villanova University has canceled a workshop on personal narrative by a gay performance artist, saying his shows aren't in keepin...

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Art In The Shadow of Culture Wars

Posted 01.17.2012

Read More: Coming After, Toronto, Art, ACT UP, Glen Fogel, Queer Art, Gay Artists, Power-Plant-Toronto, Art Exhibitions, Gay Issues, Arts News

In the beginning of The Miracle of the Rose, Jean Genet writes, "A man must dream a long time in order to act with grandeur, and dreaming is nursed in...

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WATCH: Gay Indian Artist Attacked During Exhibition

Posted 01.06.2012

Read More: Gay Artist Balbir Krishan, Delhi, Artist Balbir Krishan, Gay Artists, Gay Artist Attacked, Balbir Krishan, Balbir Krishan Attacked, Balbir Krishan Attack, Gay Art, Video, Gay Voices News

An Indian artist was brutally attacked by an unidentified assailant during an exhibition of his homoerotic paintings in Delhi, the Times of India is r...

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Artist Spotlight: Ian Cooke & His Cello-Heavy Folk Rock

The Huffington Post | Matt Ferner | Posted 01.30.2012

Read More: Lgbt Colorado, Denver Music, Ian Cooke Fortitude, Denver News, Cello, Mydenver, Gay Musicians, Denver Music Scene, Pride Toronto, Folk Music, Greater Than Collective, Gay Artists, My Denver, Colorado, Strings Project, Ian Cooke, Denver Colorado, Denver Indie Rock, Indie Rock, Denver News

Ian Cooke and his cello-heavy folk rock have been winning over critics and gathering up awards for years. He has been featured in Spin magazine, has w...

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Let the Gay Agenda Be Liberty: An Open Letter to Bruce LaBruce

Bren Shucart | Posted 01.28.2012

Read More: Lgbt, Queer, Gay Artists, Gay Rights, Gay Culture, Gay Liberation, Gay Agenda, Bruce LaBruce, Queer Liberation, Gay Voices News
Bren Shucart

In every city in America (and, I suspect, the Western world) there are drag queens, DJs, artists, and performers busting their asses every day to make gay culture happen. And for you to airily decree gay culture to be dead is a kick in the face.

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Out-and-Out: Gay and Lesbian Latino Artists Shine

Noel Alumit | Posted 08.30.2011

Read More: Los Angeles, Art, Gay, Latino, Lesbian, Lesbian Artists, Los Angeles Galleries, Los Angeles Art Exhibits, Gay Artists, Chimmaya Gallery, Transgender Artists, Latino Artists, Arts News
Noel Alumit

In El Vuelo, artist Juan Solis begins with a portrait of a solemn Latino man. Beneath the man is a cage, the door is open, and a bird has taken flight. This spirit of freedom is what it feels like to experience Out-and-Out.

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