History of lgbt curating

25/03/2026

Philrarmonia debates:usuc & Sexuality

What impact does a composer’s sexuality have on the music they write? Does awareness of a composer’s sexuality affect a performer’s or listener’s response to their work? Speakers from the world of classical music and beyond lead the discussion, ahead of our concert featuring music by Britten, Ravel and Tchaikovksy – come and have your say.

12 April

https://philharmonia.co.uk/whats-on/philharmonia-debates-music-sexuality

Philharmonia Orchestra

Philharmonia debates music and sexuality

24/02/2026

24/02/2026

Donna Gottschalk (b. 1949, New York) grew up in the tenements of New York’s Lower East Side in the 1950s, where she spent much of her time on the streets. This backdrop, often of violence and homophobia, shaped her and the way she saw the world: raw, real and up close.

Involved in the early le***an, trans and gay rights movements, her intimate photographs of the daily lives of her chosen family – friends, lovers, siblings and fellow activists – are a tender portrait of people living on the margins. At a time when gay relationships were still illegal in the US, she described the people she photographed as ‘brave and defiant warriors.’

06 Mar 2026 - 07 Jun 2026
We Others: Donna Gottschalk and Hélène Giannecchini

The Photographers' Gallery

https://thephotographersgallery.org.uk/whats-on/we-others-donna-gottschalk-and-helene-giannecchini

Welcome to the official page for The Photographers' Gallery. Join us to hear our latest news, and to find out about exhibitions, talks & events. [email protected] +44 (0)20 7087 9300 www.thephotographersgallery.org.uk

22/02/2026

https://www.artsy.net/article/artsy-editorial-30-artists-defining-q***r-art

In the work of these 30 artists, we see a snapshot of the current moment and a signal of where q***r art is headed.

20/02/2026

John Minton
Figure on the beach, 1956

His work during the war found him critical notoriety among the young British artists known as the Neo-Romantics alongside John Piper and Graham Sutherland. As a result he was well established by the time he was in his mid-twenties, and well into a prosperous teaching career around the ex*****on of this painting in 1948. His life in London was a varied and turbulent one, and few images from his career manage to represent the depth of this turbulence than his portraits.

Minton was q***r, exuberantly so, at a time when homosexuality was a criminal offence. . Minton struggled with alcohol addiction and depression and commit su***de at the age of 39.

Two Temple Place

20/02/2026

Robert MacBryde and Robert Colquhoun: Artists, Lovers, Outsiders

The two Roberts were Robert Colquhoun and Robert MacBryde. Both from working-class Scottish backgrounds, Colquhoun and MacBryde won grants to attend Glasgow School of Art in 1933 where they met and became lovers. Friends and contemporaries of Francis Bacon and Lucian Freud, the Roberts enjoyed huge success in the 1940s and 1950s. However their work is relatively little known today.

They were huge in the 1940s, but their descent into penury was vertiginous and complete – throughout the 1950s they struggled to find the money for food. There are several reasons for this. One is that they were difficult individuals who did not suffer fools gladly and were never going to ingratiate themselves with the right people, or in fact with anybody. Another is simply bad luck. Their dealer, Duncan MacDonald of the Lefevre Gallery, died in 1949 just at the moment they most needed support, when they moved out of London. He was one of the few people who knew how to handle them: with a mixture of tact and commercial know-how, backed by a firm belief in their work.

15 October 2025–12 April 2026
Charleston

The two men from working-class Scottish backgrounds met at art school and became inseparable. This exhibition charts a tale of love, fame, drunkenness and tragedy

15/01/2026

Q***r Modernism
1900 to 1950
At K20 K21 Kunstsammlung Nordrhein-Westfalen

The first comprehensive exhibition in Europe dedicated to the significant contributions of q***r artists to modernism. Featuring more than 130 works by thirty-four international artists – including paintings, drawings, photographs, sculptures, films, publications, and archival materials – the exhibition project focuses on the first half of the twentieth century.

It tells an alternative history of modernism, one in which q***r artists placed themes such as desire, gender, sexuality, and the politics of self-representation at the center of their work. It also traces stories of q***r life in times of war and resistance. Including artists such as Claude Cahun, Hannah Höch, Jean Cocteau, Romaine Brooks, Marlow Moss or Richmond Barthé.

Until 15 February 2026

K20 und K21 gehören zu den international bedeutendsten Museen der klassischen Moderne, der Nachkriegsmoderne und der Gegenwartskunst. Unsere Museen sind lebendige, öffentliche Orte, die für alle zugänglich sind.

12/01/2026

Q***r love and friendship: 1920s Fitzroy Square at The National Archives

In 1927, Bobby and his q***r working-class friends gathered in his Fitzroy Square flat. Though surveillance documents, we can learn about these vibrant gatherings, the people involved and the passionate, intimate letters that survive.

Though surveillance documents, we can learn about vibrant gatherings in the 1920s, the people involved and the passionate, intimate letters that survive.

15/09/2025

LGBTQIA+ Hidden Histories Trail at National Museum of Scotland

06/08/2025

Culturalist Talks: Квир‑история в финском изобразительном искусстве

Culturalist.fi и общественная организация Tema ry приглашают на лекцию культуролога Антти Кауппинена.

16/07/2025

Comprehensive research on British q***r art by Paul Mellon Centre for Studies in British Art

https://britishartstudies.ac.uk/issues/27

*British Art Studies* is an innovative space for new peer-reviewed scholarship on all aspects of British art.

08/07/2025

Marking twenty years since artist, writer and performer Va**nal Davis made Berlin her home, Gropius Bau presents the first comprehensive solo exhibition of her work in Germany. In her expansive oeuvre, punk meets glamour, q***r activism meets Black counter-culture and resistance meets desire.
Gropius Bau

Marking twenty years since artist, writer and performer Va**nal Davis made Berlin her home, Gropius Bau presents the first comprehensive solo exhibition of her work in Germany. In her expansive oeuvre, punk meets glamour, q***r activism meets Black counter-culture and resistance meets desire. Va**na...