The Lesbian Paintbrush

Essay by writer and visual artist Jane Eaton Hamilton, Canada I’ve been studying art in Paris museums further to my certificate work in painting from Emily Carr University in Vancouver, BC, Canada. I have investigated the collections at the Musée d’Orsay, Musée Marmottan Monet, Musée de Montmartre, Centre Pompidou and…

A Quilt Talk by Lesbian Activists Mina Kay Meyer and Sharon Raphael

Video (17:34 min): A quilt talk by Mina Kay Meyer and Sharon Raphael from the ALMS conference that the Mazer Lesbian Archives hosted in 2011. Mina Meyer and Sharon Raphael, who are based in San Francisco, talk about being a lesbian activist, their work for the movement through 40 years(!)…

Through Her Eyes – The Flashes of Lesbian-Feminist Production

The exhibition ‘Through Her Eyes – The Flashes of Lesbian-Feminist Production‘ is a part of 15. International Feminist & Queer Festival Red Dawns, which will take place from 6th untill 8th March 2014 in Ljubljana, Slovenia. Opening: Wednesday, March 6 at 9 pm in the Alkatraz Gallery. Participating artists: Maša…

Strange Loop Gallery owner Claire Fleury

Strange Loop Gallery owner Claire Fleury shares her perspective on the Gallery show featuring the photography of Danish lesbian photographer Goodyn Green, September 2013.

The Lesbian Herstory Archives’ 40th Anniversary Art Benefit

Press release To inaugurate the Lesbian Herstory Archives‘ year-long 40th anniversary celebration, we are holding an Art Benefit hosted by Johannes Vogt Gallery in New York, NY, co-sponsored by Alexander Gray Associates. We invite you to be part of celebrating the Archives’ 40th year of gathering and preserving lesbian lives…

Montreuil Paris – 2nd Elles résistent Festival

Trailer Elles résistent France: The program of the 2nd Elles résistent – contre les violences masculines faites aux femmes festival is online now. The second edition or this vibrant radical feminist and lesbian festival takes place on November 24 – 30 2013 at La parole errante, 9, rue Francois Debergue,…

Harmony Hammond Exhibition in New York

Press release by Alexander Gray Associates Rib, 2013, detail, oil and mixed media on canvas by Harmony Hammond. Courtesy of Alexander Gray Associates and Harmony Hammond Harmony Hammond Opening Reception Wednesday, October 23, 2013, 6:00 – 8:00 pm Alexander Gray Associates 508 West 26 Street #215 New York NY 10001…

Painter Agnes Noyes Goodsir an Australian Lesbian in Paris

Agnes Noyes Goodsir (1864 – 1939) Agnes Noyes Goodsir was born in Australia. From 1912 – 1920 she lived in Paris and London, before she finally settled in Paris with her companion Rachel Dunn. She has made several paintings of Rachel such as A letter from the Front / Girl on…

Amsterdam – Fo(u)nd by Zanele Muholi

South African photographer Zanele Muholi will be present at the Prince Claus Fund Gallery on 6 September 2013 for the opening of her exhibition fo(u)nd. Muholi will participate in a conversation about her work with Board Member of the Prince Claus Fund and Human Rights Watch LGBT Rights Advocacy Director…

Happy Women’s Day

Artist Juliette Gorge Coppens and her wife Stéphanie Loison wish you a happy Women’s Day, March 8, 2013.

TANGO d’ AMOUR / Lesbian Tango

TANGO d’ AMOUR / Lesbian Tango (2012), produced, written and directed by Liliana Kleiner This film is a modern story Inspired by the classic greek myth of Psyche & Eros. Psyche- Alma (human soul), is locked in the old temples of traditional religions, and when she finally frees herself by…

Women, Art and Society, 5th Edition

Press Release by Lenore Chinn “Women, Art and Society, 5th Edition” by Whitney Chadwick to be published September 10, 2012 I am happy to announce that I am included in Women, Art and Society, 5th Edition by Whitney Chadwick to be published September 10, 2012. Book Description Publication Date: September…

Queer Art On Facebook

The social network site Facebook is one of the new places to look for lesbian/ queer art and the professionals within this niche of the arts.

AURORA REINHARD – PERFECT

AURORA REINHARD – PERFECT
New works at the Showroom Helsinki
March 4 – April 8, 2012
Welcome to the opening March 2 at 4-8pm!

Cape Town TV: Isilumo siyaluma by Zanele Muholi

CTV News Bulletin of November 17, 2011. Topic: Lesbian artist Zanele Muholi uses menstruation as a medium to tell the story of black lesbians in South Africa. Visual artist and queer activist Zanele Muholi, South Africa was interviewed by Cape Town TV about her latest exhibition Isilumo siyaluma (Period Pains)….

Melbourne: Midsumma Fesitval January 15 to February 5 2012

The Programme of the Midsumma 2012 queer arts festival in Melbourne, Australia has been published this week. Midsumma is a federation of arts and cultural events spread over 70 different venues throughout Melbourne. The festival will run from Sunday January 15 to Sunday February 5, 2012. If features a big…

Man As Object: Reversing the Gaze Art Exhibition

Video trailer about Man As Object: Reversing the Gaze Art Exhibition by SOMarts, San Francisco, USA Man As Object: Reversing the Gaze Art Exhibition November 4-30, 2011 Events include: peepshow drawing circle, performance, film screening, and featured artist panel Venue: SOMarts Cultural Center, 934 Brannan st. (Between 8th & 9th…

New York: Lesbians Seeing Lesbians

Press release from The Leslie-Lohman Museum of Gay and Lesbian Art Lesbians Seeing Lesbians Building Community in Early Feminist Photography Exhibition Ends October 22, 2011 at the Leslie-Lohman Gallery, 26 Wooster Street, NYC, USA Tee Corrine, Self-portrait, Gelatin silver print, 1980. Press photo courtesy of Leslie-Lohman Gallery. In the wake…

EcoSexual Art Exhibit

In the Femina Potens July Newletter you can reads: As a strategy to create a more mutual and sustainable relationship with our abused and exploited planet, and to make the environmental movement more sexy fun and diverse, Beth Stephens & Annie Sprinkle are shifting the metaphor from the “Earth as…