‘Odd Girl Out’, Queer Paintings at Q Center, Oregon

You can see Jessica Burke’s paintings and drawings of the queer community in the US at the Q Center in Portland, Oregon, USA. Q Center boasts one of the few all-queer gallery spaces in Portland. They work with local and national LGTB artists to bring dynamic and exciting exhibitions to its walls.

Photo Installation By Elisabeth Ohlson Wallin

Were Queen Kristina (1626 – 1689), King Karl XII (1697 – 1718)  and King Gustav III (1746 – 1792) of Sweden as straight as the history books tell us? The sexual preferences of these regents have been discussed for hundreds of years, – lately by quite a lot of gay people. The regent is…

Super Feminist – A Queer Video by Shawna Dempsey and Lorri Millan

Super Feminist – a queer video by Shawna Dempsey and Lorri Millan Shawna Dempsey and Lorri Millan have collaborated for a decade. They are based in Winnipeg, Canada. They are two of Canada’s best known queer performance artists. They make some very funny feminist videos as well as live performances, and public art projects.

Surrender No Surrender, By Anthea Black, Canada

Queer artist Anthea Black has just opend a new exhibtion at SNAP’s Studio Gallery in Edmonton, Alberta. The show includes poster editions from Anthea Black’s collaborative ‘looking for love in all the wrong places’ project and new works from her residency at SNAP this winter. Exhibition Duration: July 23rd – September 5th,…

Homo A Go-Go Festival 2009, San Francisco, USA

Homo A Go Go (HAGG) is an internationally attended festival of queer music, film, art, performance, and activism. This year the festival includes workshops and group shows by visual artists from all over the world. This year’s group art show, which is entitled ‘Homegrown’, can be visited at SOMArts Gallery,…

Looking For Love In All The Wrong Places

You may think that I am referring to my personal life, but I am not. “Looking for love in all the wrong places” is a postering project/networking project for queer artists to collaborate, takeover and discuss safe spaces for queers in Alberta, Canada and beyond. If you are in Alberta watch…

‘OUTside The Box: A Queer People Of Color Visual Artist Exhibit’

New England’s second annual QWOC WEEK, August 2nd-9th, a multicultural pride festival produced by Queer Women of Color and Friends (QWOC+ Boston), will feature local LGBT Visual Artists of color as part of week-long art exhibition, entitled “OUTside the Box: a Queer People of Color Visual Artist Exhibit.” Opening reception…

'Egoless' Visual Art Exhibition

‘Egoless’ Visual Art Exhibition August 8-29, 2009 Opening Reception Aug. 8, 7:30pm Artist Discussion Panel for Members & Press Aug. 8, 6pm Femina Potens Art Gallery 2199 Market Street San Francisco, CA 94114 Femina Potens writes about the ‘Egoless’ group art show: ‘In May 2009 we divided our fifteen participating artists…

‘Meeting of Two Queens’ By Cecilia Barriga

   Film still from Cecilia Barriga’s video work ‘Meeting of Two Queens’, 1991. In the experimental video ‘Meeting of Two Queens: Encuentro entre dos Reinas’, Spain, 1991, Cecilia Barriga, a Chilean video artist, recasts the beautiful old Hollywood filmstars Greta Garbo and Marlene Dietrich in silent film style to tell…

Portraits Of Gay Icons At The National Portrait Gallery In London

The National Portrait Gallery quotes Sandi Toksvig in their introduction of the exhibition ‘Gay Icons’: ‘How I wish this selection had been available to me when I was young and trying to make sense of my reactions to the world. How inspirational to have had portraits of the great and…

Galleri Signe Vad, Copenhagen: I SKABET (In The Closet)

July 24 – August 13 2009 you can see Danish photographer Charlotte Haslund-Christensen‘s exhibition ‘I SKABET’ (In the closet) at Galleri Signe Vad, Nansensgade 47, Copenhagen, Denmark. Charlotte has made mugshots of homosexual Danes. You may know some of her models, because they are all out and proud gay people,…