She was half of a 90s art power couple that seemed unstoppable. But they split and the trauma floored her. Now she’s back with defiant paintings celebrating her punk past – and late-career motherhood
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Lemmy, Leigh Bowery and ‘the two Georges’: 80s stars in the Limelight – in pictures ○
It was the place to be through the 1980s, a nightclub where Johnny Rotten and Kim Wilde rubbed shoulders with the Beastie Boys and, er, Mel Smith. David Koppel’s new book captures it all
Continue rea…8 months ago
Avant-Drag! review – queer artists light up the streets of Athens with joy and resistance ○
Drag is a tool of self-expression and of protest in this kaleidoscopic portrait of the city’s vibrant underground art
The queer defiance of Fil Ieropoulos’s kaleidoscopic documentary manifests not onl…
11 months ago
Art, Leigh Bowery and the weaponisation of embarrassment ○
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a story from The Guardian ⚠️ › International
Open up and let the shame in… It will set you free
Halfway around the Tate’s new Leigh Bowery show, my friend, Sophie, said to me, “Wait, why does this look like history when it feels like only 10 min…
12 months ago
‘Lucian Freud was thrilled when Leigh Bowery stripped naked’: how a wild club kid became the great painter’s muse ○
When outrageous clubbers Sue Tilley and Bowery posed for the eminent artist, some of the most spectacular portraits of the century were born. Tilley talks about sex, cash and Bowery’s untimely death
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King of Clubs: Leigh Bowery exhibitions Shine A Light On Creativity That Thrives After Dark ○
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Leigh Bowery is perhaps best remembered his flamboyant fashion as much as his groundbreaking club nights. When Taboo in Covent Garden opened in 1985, it arguably became the most influential nightclu…
‘A living, breathing work of art’: Leigh Bowery by those who knew him best ○
The performance artist shocked 1980s London with his surreal outfits, outlandish lifestyle and collaborations with Lucian Freud, dancer Michael Clark and others. As a major exhibition opens at Tate M…
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