Gay Gotham: Art and Underground Culture in New York

Excerpts from the press release by Gay Gotham

Gay Gotham: Art and Underground Culture in New York, brings to life the queer creative networks that sprang up in the city across the 20th century—a series of artistic subcultures whose radical ideas had lasting effects on the mainstream. The exhibition featues famous artists such as Mae West, Leonard Bernstein and Andy Warhol, and invites the visitors to discover lesser-known ones, such as feminist artist Harmony Hammond, painter and writer Richard Bruce Nugent, and transgender artist Greer Lankton. Surprising relationships emerge: Warhol and Mercedes de Acosta; Robert Mapplethorpe and Cecil Beaton; George Platt Lynes and Gertrude Stein.

The opening panel:
“Gay Gotham: Art and Underground Culture in New York”
Thursday, October 6 at 5:00 pm at the Museum of the City of New York

‘Queer people have always flocked to New York City seeking freedom and forging close-knit groups for mutual support and inspiration. Our new exhibition Gay Gotham: Art and Underground Culture in New York brings to life the LGBT artistic communities that sprang up over the last hundred years, a creative class whose radical ideas would greatly influence the definition and evolution of “modern” culture in New York City. To celebrate the exhibition’s opening, join artist and activist Harmony Hammond, writer and activist Sarah Schulman, and moderator Bryan Lowder, associate editor of Slate, for a lively panel discussion exploring the cultural dynamics of gay New York, past, present, and future.’

Harmony Hammond, feminist artist, writer, and independent curator
Bryan Lowder, Associate Editor for Slate
Sarah Schulman, novelist, playwright, and journalist

The reception will begin at 7 pm. The exhibition opens to the public on October 7, 2016 and will run through March 26, 2017.