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ART: A Rare Look At The Art (And Life) Of Out Artist Paul Thek

Apr 06, 2013 by
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ART: A Rare Look At The Art (And Life) Of Out Artist Paul Thek

Bisexual painter-sculptor Paul Thek is the subject of a new exhibition opening April 12 at New York’s Leslie-Lohman Museum of Gay & Lesbian Art. Thek (above, far right) became well-known for his sculptures and installations during the 1960s and 70s. …

ART: Chinese Artists Reveal “Secret Love” In Stockholm Exhibit

Mar 10, 2013 by
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ART: Chinese Artists Reveal “Secret Love” In Stockholm Exhibit

There’s still a few weeks left to catch Secret Love at the Ostasiatiska Museum in Stockholm. The show, on view through March 31, is organized around the theme of taboo relationships, with many artists depicting same-sex love. More than 100 …

Did MoMA Closet Queer Artists Jasper Johns And Robert Rauschenberg?

Feb 27, 2013 by
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Did MoMA Closet Queer Artists Jasper Johns And Robert Rauschenberg?

A new exhibit at New York’s Museum of Modern Art highlights the work of modern artists Jasper Johns and Robert Rauschenberg—but one critic claims “Johns and Rauschenberg” is closeting the queer artists, who were lovers during the period of collaboration …

ART: “I Killed My Father, I Ate Human Flesh, I Quiver With Joy: An Obsession with Pier Paolo Pasolini”

Feb 25, 2013 by
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ART: “I Killed My Father, I Ate Human Flesh, I Quiver With Joy: An Obsession with Pier Paolo Pasolini”

  Before he was killed by a hustler in 1975, queer Italian director Pier Paolo Pasolini was a pioneer of 1960s and ’70s avant-garde cinema with films like Decameron, Teorema and 1975′s Sálo, in which sadistic Aristocrats graphically degrade and abuse a …

ART: Catherine Opie Exhibits New Works At L.A.’s Regen Projects

Feb 15, 2013 by
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ART: Catherine Opie Exhibits New Works At L.A.’s Regen Projects

  New works from renowned photographer Catherine Opie will go on view at Regen Projects in Los Angeles starting February 23.  The images, new portraits and landscapes, draw on Opie’s background in documentary photography, the traditions of painting, the history …

PHOTOS: James Franco Moves To “Gay Town” With New Art Exhibit

Feb 11, 2013 by
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PHOTOS: James Franco Moves To “Gay Town” With New Art Exhibit

Adding yet another queer feather to his cap, James Franco is debuting “Gay Town” a new solo art show of painting, video, drawing, film, sculpture and photography in Berlin. Coinciding with the Berlin Film Festival, the exhibit is being housed …

Same-Sex Love In Vietnam On Display In “Open – Equal – Love” Exhibit

Jan 11, 2013 by
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Same-Sex Love In Vietnam On Display In “Open – Equal – Love”  Exhibit

Could Vietnam be the newest gay mecca? In Hanoi, a photograph exhibit depicting same-sex couples has attracted thousands since it went on view in December. On view at Hanoi’s Vincom Towers until January 12, “Open – Equal – Love”  is …