A Feminine Moments review of the art book ‘Faces and Phases’ by queer photographer Zanele Muholi from South Africa and the short film ‘Difficult Love’ about Zanele and her photography, directed by Peter Goldsmid.
Artworks by leading queer American artists can still cause debate and censorship in the USA.
Femina Potens Art Gallery will be celebrating our 10 year anniversary this December! Reaching this decade mark is an exciting time to be embarking on a new adventure….
Photos and Artist Statement by Beata Kosc: ‘The “Certain Body” is a series of self-portraits. It is focusing on gender as a layer of identity attributed to the body…
Freedom is a concept that has particular resonance for my family. My great-grandparents fled the political turmoil of Spain for Cuba. A few decades later, there was a second family exodus…
American art historian Cassandra Langer says about the Hide/Seek exhibition at the Smithsonian National Portrait Gallery:
‘Jonathan Katz and David Ward’s show at the National Portrait Gallery is open. Hide and Seek features Romaine Brook’s work and Jonathan Weinberg’s show at the archives also features a lovely Van Vechten photograph of her. Shows run through Feb. 2011…
The Smithsonian National Portrait Gallery in USA announces that ‘Hide/Seek’ – Difference and desire in American portraiture is the first museum exhibition to focus on sexual difference in the making of modern American portraiture.
Statement by Silvia Ros.
Artist statement by Jan Morley, UK. I have been designing for the tableware industry for about 15 years and I also own and run an online gift store.
Gay Artist = Gay Art? a panel debate with gay artists and designers at V&A in London.
Dutch artist Corinne Bot
Outbust Queer Arts Festival programme cover 2010; cover image ‘Ginger Queers’, baked with love by Cakesbyjames.co.uk Belfast’s annual lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender arts festival starts November 12th, with 8 days of theatre, film, music, art, workshops, performance, discussion and much much more. I have taken a look at the…
The Out In Africa Film Festival will be screening a film, commissioned by the SABC and co-directed by Peter Goldsmid and Zanele Muholi, called ‘Difficult Love’. It is a portrait of queer visual artist Zanele, and her work.
CINEFFABLE 2010, launches its 22nd International Lesbian & Feminist Film Festival in Paris November 1 – November 2 2010. This year the festival celebrates the 40th anniversary of the French Women’s Liberation Movement with a focus on lesbians contribution to feminism.
The landmark publication ‘Modern Women: Women Artists at The Museum of Modern Art’, in which the museum now openly discusses gender issues, and how instrumental women have been in advancing the arts to where they are today, is the greatest piece of art news, which I have heard in 2010.
Video: Modern Women: Barbara Hammer on Feminist film by MoMA Multimedia.
GFEST 2010 Visual Arts Exhibition Mon 8 to Fri 19 Nov 2010 at Hampstead Town Hall / InterChange Studios, The Atrium, Hampstead Town Hall, 213 Haverstock Hill, London NW3 4QP, UK. Free entrance.
Assume Nothing is a book, an exhibition by gay visual artist Rebecca Swan, New Zealand and a series of video portraits about Rebecca’s sitters by filmmaker Kristy McDonald.
Purple Wedding to the Moon performance by Annie Sprinkle and Elizabeth Stephens is on. The Purple wedding team has won the right to continue with their plans. Today they have announced that the LA Parks and Rec Department has withdrawn its cancellation of Annie Sprinkle and Elizabeth Stephens wedding performance in LA, USA.
Frank Pictures Gallery is proud to present renowned photographer Stefanie Schneider’s show “Instant Dreams” from October 16 to November 11, with an artist’s reception on Sunday, October 24, 2010.