Queer Love: Affection and Romance in Contemporary Art presents paintings and photographs that illuminate both individual and universal stories of vulnerability, tenderness, and desire in the LGBTQIA community.
The exhibition, which gathers the work of almost 50 artists, opens in two New York City galleries in February 2023−Lehman College Art Gallery in the Bronx from February 14 to April 23 and La MaMa Galleria in Downtown Manhattan, from February 18 to April 6.
Each venue offers works that explore the power and significance of intimate queer familial, romantic, and sexual relationships. 
From cheerful, romantic expressions of love to depictions of non-traditional nuclear families, the artwork of these LGBTQIA artists highlights the bond between them as art creators, and those with whom they have the closest ties. The LGBTQIA artists often move from celebrating their love to proclaiming a place for queer people within a larger society. Lushly beautiful, their art creates a series of nuanced and reflective, but largely positive narratives, and love’s transformative impact on both the human experience and the artistic process.
Artists: Ruven Afanador, Lizzie Alexandra, Patrick Arias, Lex Barberio, Mark Beard, James Bidgood, Adriana Elena Bravo Morales, Elliot Brown JNR., Paco Cao, Luis Carle, Vincent Chong, Jayne County, David Antonio Cruz, Rakeem Cunningham, Betsy Damon, Anabelle De Clement, Jess T. Dugan, Michael Fox, C. Finley, Christy Gast, Sunil Gupta, Zach Grear, ggggrimes, Barbara Hammer, Clifford Prince King, Tommy Kha, Zachari Logan, Jessica Mitrani, Cobi Moules, Raúl de Nieves, Samantha Nye, Tura Oliveira, Sola Olulode, Catherine Opie, David Rios Ferreira & Neil Fernando, Gabriel Garcia Roman, Sophie Schwartz, Hank Willis Thomas, Xavier Schipani, Gerald Simcoe, Harris Singer, Alix Smith, A.L. Steiner, Federico Uribe, Rachael Warner.
The exhibition is supported by the Medora Bross Geary and John Geary Family Fund at The Chicago Community Foundation, with additional funding from the New York State Council on the Arts, the New York City Department of Cultural Affairs, Edith and Herbert Lehman Foundation, Jarvis and Constance Doctorow Foundation, Charina Foundation and the New Yankee Stadium Community Benefits fund. Public programming for the exhibition is provided by the Sara Little Turnbull Foundation through The Sara Little Turnbull Visiting Designer Speaker Series at Lehman College. The exhibition, curated by Bartholomew F. Bland, will be accompanied by an illustrated catalog with an essay by Alex Jovanovich.
Lehman College Art Gallery February 14 to April 23 Opening Celebration: Tuesday, February 14, 2023 Free Reservations required thru Eventbrite La MaMa Galleria February 18 - April 6, 2023 Opening Celebration: Saturday, February 18, 2023 Free Open to the public
