Video (1:34:56): Artist Samantha Nye joins Rail contributor Ksenia M. Soboleva for a conversation. The episode is concluded with a poetry reading by Dia Felix.
Category: Lesbian art
Feminine Moments recommends Hales’ presentation of the exhibition ‘Tessa Boffin: 1989-1993’. Hales, New York, has the best online gallery about UK lesbian photographer Tessa Boffin’s main works!
Video (1:02:33): Below the Eyes: Sexuality and Averting the Gaze with Linda Stein. A presentation addressing how she came to terms with her own (homo)sexuality during the mid twentieth century.
Video (1:47:30): Mexico February 2023, Kaucyila Brooke talks about a number of her art projects among others her research and art project about lesbian bars.
Video (57:54): Clarity Haynes in conversation with Hrag Vartanian and Amy Smith-Stewart about her ongoing Altar series.
Video (1:45:06): “YOUR DESTINY” – a presentation by artist and Jungian therapist Liliana Kleiner.
Video (3:05): Sotheby’s specialist Lisa Stevenson invites us to explore Leonor Fini’s surrealist painting
Chanson de Bilitis (1905) by Marie Laurencin.
FEMME at Galerie Émilie Dujat, Bruxelles June 16 – July 8 2023, is Renée Jacobs’ first solo exhibition in Belgium. It is a comprehensive and uncensored overview of more than 120 works.
Video (1:09:46): Sarah-Joy Ford and Veronica Slater discuss the history queer art and their own queer feminist art projects.
Video (9:32): NWCDTP PhD Placements – Crafting identity at Plas Newydd by Sarah-Joy Ford who explores the home and embroyderies of the lesbian couple Eleanor Butler (1739–1829) and Sarah Ponsonby (1755–1831).
‘Catherine Opie: Binding Ties’ brings together more than fifty key works traversing the queer artist’s historic and recent practice. The exhibition runs through July 9, 2023 at Heide Museum of Modern Art, Australia.
Video (3:10): American photographer and queer artist Kelli Connell was invited to present her exhibition Double Life at the Alice Austin House Museum. At the same time, she made new works with her model Kiba Jacobson whom she has been working together with for 20 years.
Video (26:06): – The German version of a French documentary, “Liebe am Werk – Claude Cahun & Marcel Moore” (2019) by Stéphanie Colaux. The documentary is about the life of artists and romantic partners Claude Cahun and Marcel Moor (aka Lucy Schwob and Suzanne Malherbe). Language: German
Video (12:00): The female nude dates back to the very beginning of art, but it remains a contested symbol. American photographer Renée Jacobs speaks to Eve Jackson (France 24) about reclaiming it and using it as a form of queer and feminist activism. Jacobs’ photo books are entitled “Paris” and “Polaroids” and her exhibition “Dreams & Desires” is being shown at the Sinner hotel in Paris through December 11, 2022.
Video (55:13): French comic book author Pénélope Bagieu interviewed American comic book author Alison Bechdel… In this interview, they talk about the creative process of making cartoons and graphic novels and Alison Bechdel’s latest book: The Secret to Superhuman Strength, (Mariner Books, 2021).
Video (3:17): a short promotional video with Alison Bechdel about her book ‘The Secret to Superhuman Strength’ (Mariner Books, 2021).
Video (1:15:42): Yreina Cervántez and Jessica Sabogal discuss their respective artistic practices as well as their artworks featured in ‘What Would You Say: Activist Graphics’ from the Los Angeles County Museum of Art (2022). The talk is moderated by curator Staci Steinberger.
Video (1:00:51): ‘Writer, activist, curator and author of 25 books on contemporary art and cultural criticism Lucy Lippard is joined by queer feminist painter and lifelong activist Harmony Hammond.
Renée Jacobs photos were censored earlier this year by FotoNostrum Gallery in Barcelona. Now, ‘Renée Jacobs – Partisan of the Lesbian Movement’ will be on display at the Museu de l’Eròtica, Barcelona, Spain, October 21, 2022 until April 1, 2023.