Queer Lives and Art | Tate (original) (raw)
Discover LGBTQ+ artists and art
Highlights
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5 LGBTQ Art Stories Join Olly Pike as he explores LGBTQ+ artists, their wonderful worlds and artworks -
Sin Wai Kin: 'I want people to exist in my world' Get to know the artist who uses science fiction, drag and fantasy to deconstruct social narratives -
Five Stories of Queer Artists Discover five important stories of queer love and relationships told through art
Artworks
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Bathing Duncan Grant1911
On display at Tate Britain Part of Historic and Modern British Art -
Ankledeep Lubaina Himid CBE RA1991 -
Untitled from the series Reflections of the Black Experience Sunil Gupta1986, printed 2010
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ID Crisis Zanele Muholi2003
On display at Tate Modern Part of Zanele Muholi -
Untitled (Bacchus) Cy Twombly2008 -
Smutty Robert Mapplethorpe1982 -
Misty and Jimmy Paulette in a taxi, NYC Nan Goldin1991 -
Thirst Gilbert & George1982 -
Ataxia - Aids is Fun Derek Jarman1993 -
Nude Girl Gwen John1909–10 -
Young Lesbian at Monocle Brassaï1932, printed later
On display at Tate Modern Part of Media Networks -
The Fan Marie Laurencinc.1919
On display at Tate Modern Part of Media Networks -
Composition in Yellow, Black and White Marlow Moss1949
On display at Tate St Ives Part of Modern Art and St Ives
Artists
Claude Cahun
1894–1954
Gwen John
1876–1939
Dora Carrington
1893–1932
David Hockney
born 1937
Cy Twombly
1928–2011
Robert Mapplethorpe
1946–1989
Quotes on the Queer Experience
If I have to change my lifestyle, I don't want to live.
Robert Mapplethorpe
Self Portrait (1988)
ARTIST ROOMS Tate and National Galleries of Scotland
© Robert Mapplethorpe Foundation
Zanele Muholi
Flesh II (2005)
Tate
If I wait for someone else to validate my existence, it will mean that I’m shortchanging myself.
They always say time changes things, but you actually have to change them yourself.
Andy Warhol
Self-Portrait (1986)
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© 2024 The Andy Warhol Foundation for the Visual Arts, Inc. / Licensed by DACS, London
Explore More
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Queer Cornwall Discover the stories of Marlow Moss, Gluck and Ithell Colquhoun, three LGBTQIA+ trailblazers who made their home on the Cornish coast - A Queer Little History of Art: Bathing Discover a queer reading of art history through Duncan Grant’s Bathing
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Susan Calman on queer role models, art and progress The Scottish comedian discusses why the gay rights movement is still so important today -
Sunil Gupta: 'Being in the dark room is healing’ The photographer talks about how his work in the dark room helped him deal with his HIV positive diagnosis - Rotimi Fani-Kayode – Desire In Exile Mark Sealy Rotimi Fani-Kayode arrived in Brighton aged 11 in 1966, having fled Nigeria’s civil war. After coming out as gay, he left the UK and studied fine art and photography at New York’s Pratt Institute. Returning to the UK in the mid 1980s, he began exhibiting his complex and emotionally raw work
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Audio Description: Everything Else Has Failed! Don't You Think It's Time For Love? Listen to and watch an in-depth visual description of this artwork by Sharon Hayes -
Queer Lives: Channel 4 Random Acts Watch six films, each providing glimpses into the lived experience of six individuals -
Thinking about gender and bodies Find ways to structure discussions and activities to explore identity and gender -
BBZ x Abondance Matanda Hear BBZ, a collective for queer people of colour, in discussion with the up and comer they most admire -
Zanele Muholi: ‘In My World, Every Human is Beautiful’ Hear how the power of images can show LGBTQIA+ people worldwide that they are not alone -
How Muholi is affirming beauty Explore this visual-activist's practice through three photographic series
Explore more Themes
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Black Identities and Art Discover Black art and artists in Tate's collection -
Wellbeing and Art Explore mindfulness through the art and artists within Tate's collection -
Women and Art Explore the stories and achievements of women artists and their contributions to the art world -
Disability and Art Explore how artists have portrayed the range of human ability through their art -
Migration and Art Explore how artists reflect on moving to new places