#thearts — Public Fediverse posts

Love reading, concerts, or museums? Being the ‘artsy type’ adds years to your life.

https://web.brid.gy/r/https://www.upworthy.com/love-reading-concerts-or-museums-being-the-artsy-type-adds-years-to-your-life/

A #century of #JamesBaldwin’s #prophetic #voice.

This #essay uses an #offensive #racial #epithet in #citing #JamesBaldwin’s #work. I choose to use it to underscore the important #insight that Baldwin meant to convey by using this #inflammatory #term.

#Women #Transgender #LGBTQ #LGBTQIA #Entertainment #TheArts #Literature #Books #Reading #Representation #Culture #RoleModels #BlackMastodon

https://www.americamagazine.org/faith/2024/09/23/james-baldwin-centenary-massingale-248835

Where #Funhouse #Erotics Meet #Art #History.

A new #volume of #HilaryHarkness’s #paintings enfolds us into #surreal #worlds of #genderbending #militaries, #feminine #revenge, and #alternative #histories.

#Women #Transgender #LGBTQ #LGBTQIA #Entertainment #TheArts #Painting #Representation #Culture

https://hyperallergic.com/928342/hilary-harkness-funhouse-erotics-meet-art-history/

#KirshaKaechele's #saga at #MONA involved creating a #LadiesLounge with #male #butlers serving #women, sparked a #genderdiscrimination #lawsuit.

So as a solution the lounge was later replaced by a #restroom with #fake #Picasso paintings, highlighting #patriarchal #absurdity and gaining #international #attention.

#Women #Transgender #LGBTQ #LGBTQIA #Australia #Hobart #Entertainment #TheArts #Feminism #Representation #Culture

https://theconversation.com/fake-picassos-in-a-ladies-toilet-why-the-saga-at-mona-is-one-of-the-most-effective-pieces-of-performance-art-ive-seen-234470

#Gay and #Lesbian #PulpFiction #Goodies for #Kitschy #Queers.

These 1950s and ’60s paperbacks were #trashy, #disposable #stories about the ~#scandal~ of #queerness, written as something between #soapopera and #smut.

#Women #Transgender #LGBTQ #LGBTQIA #Entertainment #TheArts #Literature #Reading #Representation #Culture

https://bookriot.com/gay-and-lesbian-pulp-fiction-goodies/

Here Are the 14 New #Books You Should #Read in May.

From #BrittneyGriner’s eagerly anticipated #memoir to a long-awaited #sequel to #ColmTóibín’s beloved #novel #Brooklyn, the best #books coming in #May offer a range of #choices for every #reader.

#Women #Transgender #LGBTQ #LGBTQIA #Entertainment #TheArts #Literature #Books #Reading #Representation #Culture

https://time.com/6972847/best-new-books-may-2024/

#JeffreyGibson Will Bring #Sculptures of #Ancestral #Spirits to #Met Facade

The Met named its 2025 #artcommissions, which include Gibson’s facade #sculptures and a #roofgarden #installation by the #soundsmith #JennieCJones.

#Women #Transgender #LGBTQ #LGBTQIA #Entertainment #TheArts #Sculptors #Representation #Culture #BlackHistoryMonth #BlackMastodon

https://www.nytimes.com/2024/02/27/arts/design/jeffrey-gibson-jennie-jones-met-facade-roof.html

#JeffreyGibson Will Bring #Sculptures of #Ancestral #Spirits to #Met Facade

The Met named its 2025 #artcommissions, which include Gibson’s facade #sculptures and a #roofgarden #installation by the #soundsmith #JennieCJones.

#Women #Transgender #LGBTQ #LGBTQIA #Entertainment #TheArts #Sculptors #Representation #Culture #BlackHistoryMonth #BlackMastodon

https://www.nytimes.com/2024/02/27/arts/design/jeffrey-gibson-jennie-jones-met-facade-roof.html

#JeffreyGibson Will Bring #Sculptures of #Ancestral #Spirits to #Met Facade

The Met named its 2025 #artcommissions, which include Gibson’s facade #sculptures and a #roofgarden #installation by the #soundsmith #JennieCJones.

#Women #Transgender #LGBTQ #LGBTQIA #Entertainment #TheArts #Sculptors #Representation #Culture #BlackHistoryMonth #BlackMastodon

https://www.nytimes.com/2024/02/27/arts/design/jeffrey-gibson-jennie-jones-met-facade-roof.html

#JeffreyGibson Will Bring #Sculptures of #Ancestral #Spirits to #Met Facade

The Met named its 2025 #artcommissions, which include Gibson’s facade #sculptures and a #roofgarden #installation by the #soundsmith #JennieCJones.

#Women #Transgender #LGBTQ #LGBTQIA #Entertainment #TheArts #Sculptors #Representation #Culture #BlackHistoryMonth #BlackMastodon

https://www.nytimes.com/2024/02/27/arts/design/jeffrey-gibson-jennie-jones-met-facade-roof.html

#JeffreyGibson Will Bring #Sculptures of #Ancestral #Spirits to #Met Facade

The Met named its 2025 #artcommissions, which include Gibson’s facade #sculptures and a #roofgarden #installation by the #soundsmith #JennieCJones.

#Women #Transgender #LGBTQ #LGBTQIA #Entertainment #TheArts #Sculptors #Representation #Culture #BlackHistoryMonth #BlackMastodon

https://www.nytimes.com/2024/02/27/arts/design/jeffrey-gibson-jennie-jones-met-facade-roof.html

Sneak peek: #AliciaKeys and #SwizzBeatz’s #‘Giants’ #show at the #BrooklynMuseum

Nearly 100 works from the couple's #private #collection sprawl across the museum's main floor.

#Women #Transgender #LGBTQ #LGBTQIA #Entertainment #TheArts #Music #Representation #Culture #BlackMastodon

https://www.bkmag.com/2024/02/06/sneak-peek-alicia-keys-and-swizz-beatzs-giants-show-at-the-brooklyn-museum/

#RaMellRoss’s #Poetic #Portrait of #Black #Life in the #American #South.

As his new #book #spell
#Women #Transgender #LGBTQ #LGBTQIA Time, Practice, American, Body" is published by #MACK, the #Oscar-#nominated #filmmaker and #artist talks about his #lifelong #obsession with the American South, and #photography’s “#capacity to #SelfSabotage”

#Women #Transgender #LGBTQ #LGBTQIA #Entertainment #TheArts #Literature #Books #Reading #Representation #Culture #BlackMastodon

https://www.anothermag.com/art-photography/15283/ramell-ross-interview-spell-time-practice-american-body-mack

A #Rainbow of #Literary #Choices

Unwrap a #spectrum of #literary #wonders with our #Queer #Book 2023 #holidaygiftguide. #Book ‘em this season with these #LGBTQ #delights.

#Women #Transgender #LGBTQ #LGBTQIA #Entertainment #TheArts #Literature #Books #Reading #Representation #Culture

https://www.outsmartmagazine.com/2023/11/a-rainbow-of-literary-choices/

#JohnSingerSargent's #portrait of #EnaWertheimer: The #painting that #challenged #sexualnorms.

The #article #discusses how #JohnSingerSargent, in his #circle of #friends and in his #art, #embraced #unconventional and #progressive #individuals, including those who #defied #traditional #gendernorms and #sexualorientations.

#Women #Transgender #LGBTQ #LGBTQIA #Entertainment #TheArts
#Painting #Representation https://www.bbc.com/culture/article/20231121-john-singer-sargents-portrait-of-ena-wertheimer-the-painting-that-challenged-sexual-norms?ocid=global_culture_rss

The #Ten Best #History #Books of 2023

Our favorite #titles of the year resurrect #forgotten #histories and #illuminate how the #UnitedStates ended up where it is today.

#Women #Transgender #LGBTQ #LGBTQIA #Entertainment #TheArts #Literature #Books #Reading #Representation #Culture

https://www.smithsonianmag.com/history/the-ten-best-history-books-of-2023-180983266/

#Poet #GeorgeAbraham Believes in the #Power of #ComingOut #Quietly.

The award-winning #author discusses #Palestinian futurity, breaking down the #binaries of the #body, and #comingout in a #Walmart #parkinglot.

#Women #Transgender #LGBTQ #LGBTQIA #Entertainment #TheArts #Literature #Poetry #Representation
https://www.them.us/story/poet-george-abraham-one-of-them

#LGBTQ #activism: Seeking #queer #love in #MiddleEastern #history.

Fouad finds #inspiration in #classical #poems by the 8th century #poet #AbuNawas, who was #renowned for his #homoerotic #verses.

#Women #Transgender #LGBTQ #LGBTQIA #MiddleEast #Lebanon #History #Entertainment #TheArts #Literature #Poetry #Representation #Culture

https://www.dw.com/en/lgbtq-activism-seeking-out-the-history-of-queer-love-in-the-middle-east/a-66138244

“We need to be #talking more about #blackness, #gayness, #bodyawareness” – #AlanCumming on new #musical #AStrangeLoop

#Women #Transgender #LGBTQ #LGBTQIA #Entertainment #TheArts #Theatre #Musicals #Representation #Culture #BlackMastodon

https://www.gaytimes.co.uk/culture/we-need-to-be-talking-more-about-blackness-gayness-body-awareness-alan-cumming-on-new-musical-a-strange-loop/

#TonyAwards 2023: All the #Snubs, #Surprises and #Standouts From #Broadway’s Biggest Night.

#DenéeBenton got in perhaps the deepest #dig when she “accidentally” referred to #Fascist #Florida #Governor #RonDeSantis, as a “#grandwizard,” a term for the leaders of the #racist #hategroup, the #KKK.

#Women #Transgender #LGBTQ #LGBTQIA #Allies #Gender #Equality #TransRights #Entertainment #TheArts #Theatre #TV #Representation #Culture

https://variety.com/2023/awards/awards/tony-awards-2023-snubs-surprises-1235640514/

#TonyAwards 2023: All the #Snubs, #Surprises and #Standouts From #Broadway’s Biggest Night.

#DenéeBenton got in perhaps the deepest #dig when she “accidentally” referred to #Fascist #Florida #Governor #RonDeSantis, as a “#grandwizard,” a term for the leaders of the #racist #hategroup, the #KKK.

#Women #Transgender #LGBTQ #LGBTQIA #Allies #Gender #Equality #TransRights #Entertainment #TheArts #Theatre #TV #Representation #Culture

https://variety.com/2023/awards/awards/tony-awards-2023-snubs-surprises-1235640514/

#TonyAwards 2023: All the #Snubs, #Surprises and #Standouts From #Broadway’s Biggest Night.

#DenéeBenton got in perhaps the deepest #dig when she “accidentally” referred to #Fascist #Florida #Governor #RonDeSantis, as a “#grandwizard,” a term for the leaders of the #racist #hategroup, the #KKK.

#Women #Transgender #LGBTQ #LGBTQIA #Allies #Gender #Equality #TransRights #Entertainment #TheArts #Theatre #TV #Representation #Culture

https://variety.com/2023/awards/awards/tony-awards-2023-snubs-surprises-1235640514/

#TonyAwards 2023: All the #Snubs, #Surprises and #Standouts From #Broadway’s Biggest Night.

#DenéeBenton got in perhaps the deepest #dig when she “accidentally” referred to #Fascist #Florida #Governor #RonDeSantis, as a “#grandwizard,” a term for the leaders of the #racist #hategroup, the #KKK.

#Women #Transgender #LGBTQ #LGBTQIA #Allies #Gender #Equality #TransRights #Entertainment #TheArts #Theatre #TV #Representation #Culture

https://variety.com/2023/awards/awards/tony-awards-2023-snubs-surprises-1235640514/

#TonyAwards 2023: All the #Snubs, #Surprises and #Standouts From #Broadway’s Biggest Night.

#DenéeBenton got in perhaps the deepest #dig when she “accidentally” referred to #Fascist #Florida #Governor #RonDeSantis, as a “#grandwizard,” a term for the leaders of the #racist #hategroup, the #KKK.

#Women #Transgender #LGBTQ #LGBTQIA #Allies #Gender #Equality #TransRights #Entertainment #TheArts #Theatre #TV #Representation #Culture

https://variety.com/2023/awards/awards/tony-awards-2023-snubs-surprises-1235640514/

The #Need for #Trans #Girl #trash.

When I say I want good trash, I’m asking for something that is #melodramatic, #sexy, or #scandalous in ways that don’t ask me to engage more than the simplest parts of my #brain.

#Women #Transgender #LGBTQIA #Entertainment #TheArts #Literature #TV #Movies #Representation #Culture

https://www.autostraddle.com/the-need-for-trans-girl-trash/

#TheSecretLifeofBees has all the #makings of a truly great new #musical – #review

The #musical is based on #SueMonkKidd’s novel and premiered #OffBroadway in 2019. It's now at #AlmeidaTheatre in #London, with #book by #LynnNottage, music by #DuncanSheik, and #lyrics by #SusanBirkenhead - It is a promising show.

#Women #Transgender #LGBTQIA #Entertainment #TheArts #Theatre #Representation #Culture

https://www.gaytimes.co.uk/originals/the-secret-life-of-bees-has-all-the-makings-of-a-truly-great-new-musical-review/