Author queerguruPosted on Categories queermatterAndy Warhol will be the POP star of the new show ‘Andy Warhol’ at Tate Modern in London, opening Thursday 12th March – 6th September 2020. Where he will definitely have more than, everyones, fifteen minutes of fame. It is over twenty years since there has been such an exhibition of his works in … Continue reading
Author queerguruPosted on Categories queermatterDame Paula Rego’s fantastic lifetime retrospective, covering seven decades of work is an assault on the senses. Rego ceaselessly manages to shock and horrify in equal measure to drawing out feelings of love, strength, and admiration. This show, currently on at Tate Britain in London, is Rego’s first retrospective in the UK for 15 years … Continue reading
Author queerguruPosted on Categories queermatterRenowned filmmaker Isaac Julien’s biggest show to date, What Freedom Means To Me, is currently on at London’s Tate Britain. Julien’s films tell important stories – queer stories, black stories, and social justice stories. Julien, himself a gay black man, has a 40-year story-telling history, including Derek, his 2008 film narrated by Tilda Swinton, about … Continue reading
Author queerguruPosted on Categories queermatterIt’s Turner Prize season, the annual prestigious, and sometimes controversial, art prize awarded to a British visual artist. Named after the English painter J M W Turner, past nominees and winners have included Damien Hirst, Tracey Emin, Grayson Perry, Jeremy Deller,The Chapman Brothers, Isaac Julien, Anish Kapoor, Rachel WhitereadWolfgang Tillmans, Lucien Freud and Gilbert & George. So it’s safe to say the … Continue reading
