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London’s Bishopsgate Institute throws its doors open to welcome FETISH UNLIMITED
Like so many buildings housing organisations in the heart of the City of London, Bishopsgate Institute dates back to 1895, but the events it hosts are extremely contemporary. On April 19th as part of its cultural events programme, it will be throwing its doors open to welcome renowned Leather/Fetish Man, Brew Hunter, for his new…
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Queerguru’s Ris Fatah reviews Catherine Opie – To Be Seen, an exhibition of the artist’s remarkable portraiture, now on at London’s National Portrait Gallery.
Queer America is under attack at the moment, so the representation of LGBTQ American lives is more important than ever. It’s therefore ideal timing for Catherine Opie’s first major UK museum show, To Be Seen, which is now on at London’s National Portrait Gallery. Since she launched her career in the late 1980s, queer representation…
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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…
