Tag: art
Berlin Folsom Europe : Leather, Kink ……oh yes, Queer Art too
If you ever needed an excuse to visit Berlin (as if) then QUEERGURU can give you several right now. Firstly its FOLSOM Europe’s Street Party celebrating the 21st Edition of Europes largest leather and fetish event. And the organizers told Queerguru that they are expecting some 25000 visitors this year …. At…
LGBTQ+ Art, Material Culture & History: STUNNING ONE DAY ONLY Online Auction 8/17
On Thursday, August 17th New York’s SWANN GALLERIES is holding an online auction titled LGBTQ+ Art, Material & History. It will include number of stunning original works of art by Tom of Finland and other artists associated with or influenced by him: including Sadao Hasegawa and Jim French. Also on offer will also be rare material from the early…
Queer Spanish artist Dani Torrent and his personal take on intimacy
The Covid pandemic/lockdown made so many people refocus their lives. One of them is Barcelona artist Dani Torrent who decided to return to his first interest of creating art that is rooted in intimacy between men. Torrent told The Advocate “At the time, I had broken up with my partner and was confined…
Russell Tovey previews LIFE IS EXCELLENT a new doc on radical queer poet/artist David Robilliard
Queerguru has written about Brit heartthrob actor Russell Tovey’s passion for Art before (https://queerguru.com/brit-actor-russell-tovey-gallerist-robert-diament-talk-queer-art/) but now he has taken it one step further with Life is Excellent. It’s a feature-length documentary chronicling the inimitable life of one of his heroes, David Robilliard — a radical queer poet and artist who died of AIDS at…
Queerguru’s Ris Fatah reviews The Unabridged Mrs Vera’s Daybook : a compelling story of AIDS activism through art
The Unabridged Mrs Vera’s Daybook is a warm-hearted documentary telling the story of historic AIDS activism and related community art in San Francisco through the works of two local based artists, photographer Michael Johnstone and his partner, artist David Faulk, aka Mrs. Vera. Mrs Vera is a colorful drag/art persona, originally created by David…
