Tag: retrospective
Behind The Lens : two vintage classic queer films at The Cinema Museum, London
It Is Not the Homosexual Who Is Perverse, But the Society in Which He Lives,aka Nicht der Homosexuelle ist pervers, sondern die Situation, in der er lebt (Germany 1971) dir Rosa von Praunheim. This is the first of four LGBT+ History Month Film Series of “Behind The Lens” screenings over four evenings…
Queerguru’s Ris Fatah ‘loves ‘ LUCIAN FREUD New Perspectives @ London’s National Gallery
Lucian Freud’s landmark exhibition to mark the centenary of his birth finishes next Sunday 22nd January at London’s National Gallery, so head on down there while you can. Freud (1922-2011) was one of Britain’s most renowned figurative painters. Born in Berlin, and the grandson of the famous psychoanalyst Sigmund Freud, his family fled the Nazis…
Stephen Cummins Retrospective : tribute to a groundbreaking Australian queer filmmaker
Stephen Cummins was an Australian filmmaker, photographer and curator who left an indelible mark on the independent queer film scene. He made groundbreaking experimental homoerotic films and was part of B Ruby Rich’s 1992 Sundance panel that came up with the concept of NEW QUEER CINEMA. He died in 1994 of AIDS aged 34, now…
Thierry Mugler: Couturissime: a retrospective of the work of the iconic queer French designer
As the world celebrates the life of the legendary Dame Vivienne Westwood who died this week aged 81, we also remember another fashion icon who died in 2022. Thierry Mugler, the openly gay, French fashion designer who dressed celebrities from Lady Gaga to Beyoncé, was 73. when he passed away in January. The House…
Carolee Schneemann BODY POLITICS diverse, transgressive and interdisciplinary @ Barbican Gallery, London
The Barbican Gallery in London is about to open the first major survey of Carolee Schneemann’s work in the UK. Schneemann was an American visual experimental artist, known for her multi-media works on the body, narrative, sexuality, and gender. Originally a painter in the Abstract Expressionist tradition, Schneeman was uninterested in the masculine…
