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Robert Mapplethorpe

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14 days ago

He was a telecoms engineer by day – and documented the Scottish city’s leather scene by night. Now the 79-year-old has opened his erotic archives and received his first ever solo exhibition

What is th…

47 days ago

He challenged homophobia not through sexualised imagery but by reshaping ideas of beauty, intimacy and desire. The result? From posters to cushion covers, A Bigger Splash has become an essential pres…

84 days ago

For nearly four decades, the artist Kermit Oswald lived with some of the most intimate works Haring ever made. Now the pieces are going up for auction

The story of how Keith Haring came to paint a cri…

3 months ago

Made in Fire Island: how artists were at the heart of the LGBTQ+ mecca ⊕

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a story from The Guardian ⚠️ › International

A new book shows that the work of Robert Mapplethorpe and Peter Hujar – as well as a new generation of artists – would not be the same without the New York island

In the summer of 2015, Leilah Babirye…

12 months ago

Hidden Master: The Legacy of George Platt Lynes review – eye-opening snapshot of New York’s queer scene ○

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a story from The Guardian ⚠️ › International

Documentary celebrates the American photographer who lived, breathed and captured the shimmering fever dream of NYC’s gay culture in the 1940s and 50s

George Platt Lynes was an American photographer w…

13 months ago

Butt-naked Milton and a spot of fellatio: why William Blake became a queer icon ○

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a story from The Guardian ⚠️ › International

How did an ancient poet and painter who died in obscurity come to obsess everyone from Oscar Wilde to David Hockney, Robert Mapplethorpe, Derek Jarman and David Bowie? The writer of a new book explai…

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