Tag: exhibits

  • Warhol Retrospectives: Both Sides of The Pond

    Warhol Retrospectives: Both Sides of The Pond

    CHICAGO:  ANDY WARHOL—FROM A TO B AND BACK AGAIN This  first major retrospective of ANDY WARHOL curated by the Whitney Museum of American Art is now the current Exhibit at The Art Institute of Chicago (running until  January 2020). It’s a stunning selection of some 400 works by the Master of Pop Art  which reflect…

  • Two new Exhibits to celebrate our LGBTQ History

    Two new Exhibits to celebrate our LGBTQ History

      Since writing about  Brooklyn Historical Society’s new Exhibit On The (Queer) Waterfront which traces 150 years of queer history in their Borough, we have come across another couple of US Museums who are curating very similar exhibitions. The Oakland Museum of California (OMCA) is currently planning  Queer California: Untold Stories the first-of-its-kind that will…

  • Major Queer Art Shows in 2019 : Mapplethorpe, Kahlo & Haring

    Major Queer Art Shows in 2019 : Mapplethorpe, Kahlo & Haring

      N.Y’s Guggenheim Museum kicks off the new year with a two part retrospective of legendary  Robert Mapplethorpe that will last unril next January .   Entitled  IMPLICIT TENSIONS ; MAPPLETHORPE NOW, The first phase of the exhibition will feature an installation of highlights from the Guggenheim’s rich collection of Mapplethorpe holdings, including selections from the…