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Now Is a Good Time to Get Naked : 25 Years of Photography by SLAVA MOGUTIN @ Bob Mizer Foundation
Back in the 1950’s the American photographer and filmmaker Bob Mizer became known for pushing boundaries of depicting male homoerotic content with his work. In spite of societal expectations and pressure from law enforcement, Mizer built a veritable empire on his beefcake photographs and films. He established the influential studio, the Athletic Model Guild (AMG) in 1945, but by…
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KEITH HARING : a new retrospective of his early work 1980-1983 at The Brant Foundation NY
We still find it tough to believe that it’s 36 years since the world lost KEITH HARING . Aged just 31, Haring died of AIDS related complications at the height of the epidemic. At his memorial service on May 4, 1990, at the Cathedral of St. John the Divine in New York City, there were…
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The Sussex Lancers: Tailor-made Leather Lovers ; an Exhibit at Brighton Musuem UK
In 1967 Phil Green and Ken Burton, who were tailors and partners, known to their friends as Aunt Rose and Aunt Esmé opened a fashion story at 31 Bond Street in Brighton, UK called Filk’n Casuals (say that carefully). Some of their clothing was considered rather daring and attracted a certain type of gentleman it…
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“Reunion 79:21 – Revisiting Black Queer London Clubland” at the Great Pulteney Street (GPS) Gallery in Soho.
Just opening today ( and running until Jan 25th) “Reunion 79:21 – Revisiting Black Queer London Clubland” at the Great Pulteney Street (GPS) Gallery in Soho. This fashionably brief exhibition explores Black queer nightlife in the British capital between 1979 and 2021 through photography by veteran lensmen Dave Swindells and Jason Manning, film and memorabilia…
