Art As Activism and Sea(see) by Jeanette Spicer

Video (56:48): This pride panel debate by Los Angeles Center of Photography is showcasing the impactful photographs by the queer artists Jeanette Spicer and Michael Young. Jeanette Spicer starts with a presentation of the erotic photographs from her book Sea(see).

The Queer Lens: Photographers in Conversation

Video (1:02:35): Photographers Jaypix Belmer, Jess T. Dugan, and C. Rose Smith discuss how they use the photographic image to construct queer visual histories through intimate representations of individuals with nonbinary, transgender, and gender-expansive identities.

RENÉE JACOBS – FEMMES

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.

Denmark – Claude Cahun: Under the Skin

Yours truly have been to Odense to see the exhibition Claude Cahun: Under huden (/Claude Cahun: Under the Skin) at Brandts Klædefabrik aka Art Museum Brandts, Odense, Denmark. The exhibition runs through 23/7 2023.

SD Holman Pas-à-pas; not intent on arriving

PAS-À-PAS; NOT INTENT ON ARRIVING. A new photo-based exhibition by SD Holman at the SUM Gallery, Vancouver, Canada The exhibition runs through Jun 2, 2023. The works are from Holman’s walk across Canada following the death of their wife, Catherine White Holman.

Australia – Catherine Opie: Binding Ties

‘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.

Alice Austen and the Gilded Age

Video (26:19): Tony Guida’s NY is a talk show illuminating the colorful corners of New York. His guest is Bonnie Yochelson, Art Historian and author of a coming book about the photographer and lesbian Alice Austen (1866 – 1952).

Zanele Muholi Retrospective Exhibtion in France

Zanele Muholi at Maison européenne de la photographie (MEP), 5/7 rue de Fourcy, Paris, France, February 1 – May 5 2023. The exhibition features more than 200 photographs and videos since the early 2000s by queer feminist artist Zanele Muholi.

Claude Cahun Retrospective Exhibition in Denmark

Claude Cahun: Under huden, February 10 – July 23 2023 at The Brandts Museum, Odense, Denmark. The large retrospective exhibition features 70 photographs and photomontages by the lesbian artist, or made in collaboration with her partner, illustrator and designer Marcel Moore.

Photographer Renée Jacobs on female power, sexuality and reclaiming the nude

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.

Paris – Zoe Leonard Al río / To the River

Through 29 January 2023 the Musée d’Art Moderne de Paris, France, is hosting photographer Zoe Leonard’s exhibition ‘Al río / To the River’. The exhibition is accompanied by a two-volume catalogue.