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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. …

PHOTO: Human Work Of Art Tilda Swinton Plays Sleeping Beauty At MOMA

Mar 24, 2013 by
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PHOTO: Human Work Of Art Tilda Swinton Plays Sleeping Beauty At MOMA

Gender-blending valkyrie Tilda Swinton has fascinated us since we first saw her play both genders in Orlando. Now we can (hopefully) experience her magnificence in person as the ginger actress has put herself on display at the Museum of Modern Art in …

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 …

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 …

ART: Visual AIDS 15th Annual “Postcards From The Edge” Exhibit

Jan 16, 2013 by
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ART: Visual AIDS 15th Annual “Postcards From The Edge” Exhibit

ART: Visual AIDS’ 15th Annual “Postcards From the Edge” benefit will take place January 25-27 in New York. The organization has collected upwards of 1,500 postcard-sized works from artists around the world to be exhibited anonymously and sold off at the …