Date & Location:1508-1512 in the Sistine Chapel, Vatican City, Rome, Italy. Artist:Michelangelo Buonarroti Media:Fresco (paint applied to still-wet plaster, once dried it becomes integral to the wall) Significance to Queer Art History:Michelangelo has become iconic as a “gay man” with a place in the “Canon” of Art History. Renaissance Italy was a very homosocial culture …
To Mum (Love, Me) Artist (director): Joyene Nazatul Date & Location: 2015, Singapore Media: Film Where can I see this artwork?: viddsee.com/video/to-mum-love-me Significance to Queer Art History: Joyene Nazatul is a non-binary multidisciplinary artist hailing from the tiny island state of Singapore. Joyene was a filmmaker and writer who currently spends most of their time creating furniture in their …
UntitledArtist: Ethel May (Monte) PunshonDate & Location: c. 1923-mid 1950s, Australia.Media: Scrapbook (newspaper clippings, primarily)Where can I see this artwork? Australian Lesbian and Gay Archives Significance to Queer Art History Monte Punshon’s two scrapbooks are a collection of clippings many of which focus on women in same-sex relationships and women challenging gender norms. She was …
Arnold Comes of Age Artist: Grant Wood Date & Location: 1930, Cedar Rapids, Iowa Media: Oil Painting Where can I see this artwork?: Sheldon Museum of Art in Lincoln, Nebraska Previously part of Hide/Seek: Differences in American Portraiture in association with the Smithsonian Portrait Gallery Significance to Queer Art History: Painted in the same year …
Untitled (In the Rage) Nibiru Cataclysm Artist: Juliana Huxtable Date & Location: 2015, New York City, NY (USA) Media: Photography Where can I see this artwork?: Guggenheim Museum, NYC Significance to Queer Art History: Juliana Huxtable is an intersex and transgender visual artist, performer,writer, and DJ. In her multidisciplinary career she often conveys her ideas …
Date & Location: 10,000 BCE in Mount Pellegrino in Palermo, Sicily, southern Italy. Media: Painting Significance to Queer Art History: This cave painting was found in 1953 in Mount Pellegrino by archaeologist Jole Bovio Marconi after an explosion uncovered part of the site during the Allied Invasion of Sicily in World War II. The writings …
Achilles Binding Patroclus’ Wounds Artist: Sosias Painter Date & Location: 500 BCE in Greece Media: Painted Pottery (Kylix Vase) Where can I see this artwork?: Antikensammlung in Berlin, Germany Significance to Queer Art History: Achilles and Patroclus, are one of the most celebrated male warrior pairs in Greek literature after the Trojan War. Achilles is …
Giovanni Bazzi, also known as Il Sodoma. (A mocking name aimed at Bazzi’s homosexuality that Bazzi later began to embrace) was a painter of the Italian renaissance, born in Savoy, Italy. He was influenced by the prior works of Leonardo Da Vinci and Raphael in his historical, mythical, and religious frescoes. Featured Artwork: Marriage of …
Michael Page is a Florida based bisexual activist, creator of BiCafe (closed) and BiNet USA volunteer. Featured Artwork: Bisexual Pride Flag Date and Location: December 5, 1998 in Florida, USA Significance to Queer Art History: The Bisexual Pride flag was created by Michael Page and debuted on December 8, 1998 on BiCafe . com (now defunct.) …
Marilyn Roxie is a genderqueer writer, musician, and digital media designer. They, created genderqueerid.com/ on Tumblr while attending San Francisco City College. Roxie, along with being a designer and musician, manages an online record label called Vulpiano Records. They currently attend San Francisco State University for Digital Media and Emerging Technologies. Learn more about them …
Featured Artwork: Fe-Be’s Leather David Date & Location: 1966 in San Francisco, CA (USA) Media: Plaster Where can I see this artwork?: The GLBT History Museum in San Francisco, CA (USA) Significance to Queer Art History: Created originally on commission for Fe-Be’s, the first leather bar on Folsom Street in San Francisco, CA. This was a …
Featured Artwork: The Musicians Media: Oil Paint Date and location: 1595 in Rome Where can I find this artwork?: The Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York City, NY (USA) Significance to Queer Art History: Caravaggio’s work, characterized by his dramatic chiaroscuro technique (chiaroscuro uses dramatic lights and darks to model the figures coming out of the …