#thearts — Public Fediverse posts

https://www.europesays.com/africa/410616/ Fort Wayne Artists Guild brings show to Angola | Heraldrepublican #angola #art #artist #FortWayne #indiana #SteubenCounty #TheArts #VisualArts #VisualArtsMedia

Sculpture Garden Shindig rescheduled for Aug. 8 | News https://www.allforgardening.com/1883888/sculpture-garden-shindig-rescheduled-for-aug-8-news/ #aesthetics #art #arts #culture #garden #gardener #gardening #sculpture #SculptureGarden #Sculptures #TheArts #UrbanSketchers #VisualArts #WorksOfArt

A Vital New #Survey of the #Queer #History of #Photography

Drawing on one of the #oldest and #largest #photography #collections in the world, #CallingtheShots offers an #unprecedented #view of the history of photography through a #queer #lens

#Women #Transgender #LGBTQ #LGBTQIA #History #Entertainment #TheArts #Photography #Representation #Culture

https://www.anothermag.com/art-photography/16020/calling-the-shots-a-queer-history-of-photography-book

#Discovery of #lost #OscarWilde #books #hailed a '#miracle'. #Librarian’s #detectivework links three #books to the #worldfamous #author.

The discovery is providing an #invaluable #insight into #Britain’s #LGBTQ+ #history. Only about 40 books in his 2,000+ #book #collection have since been #identified with the rest remaining #lost to the #nation.

#Women #Transgender #LGBTQ #LGBTQIA #UK #History #Entertainment #TheArts #Literature #Books #Representation #Culture

https://www.standard.co.uk/news/uk/oscar-wilde-books-lost-discovery-miracle-ucl-history-b1193330.html

How #JackLondon Foresaw the #AntiDemocratic #Future With #TheIronHeel.

#KenMcGoogan on the #Dangers of #Oligarchic #Totalitarian #Rule in #Fiction and in #RealLife

In one of the most prescient dystopian works ever written, the #narrator describes how the #party in #government, having lost an #election, simply declined to leave office.

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

https://lithub.com/how-jack-london-foresaw-the-anti-democratic-future-with-the-iron-heel/

#Queer #Art From the #Canvas to the #Club, This #Author Wants #Queer #Artistry to be #CenterStage.

#GemmaRollsBentley’s new #book tracks the #history of #LGBTQ+ #artistry from #Stonewall to now.

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

https://www.them.us/story/queer-art-canvas-to-club-book-gemma-rolls-bently

These 12 Stunning #Autobiographies Will Leave You in #Wonder

#Translating #experience into #language is a #creativeact. #Autobiographies can be #earnest or #irreverent, #playful or #profound.

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

https://www.vogue.com/article/best-autobiographies

#MorganDavies is the #trans #representation we’ve been waiting for.

This profile is part of Queerty’s 2023 #OutForGood series, recognizing #publicfigures who’ve had the #courage to #comeout and #makeadifference in the past year.

#TransMen #Transgender #LGBTQ #LGBTQIA #Australia #Entertainment #TheArts #TV #Movies #Representation #Culture #RoleModels

https://www.queerty.com/morgan-davies-is-the-trans-representation-weve-been-waiting-for-20231026

Hundreds of #photos from the #collection of #EltonJohn and #DavidFurnish will go on #display in #London.

The #exhibition, titled “#FragileBeauty,” will include 300 #images by more than 140 #photographers, including #DianeArbus, #CindySherman, #RobertMapplethorpe, #WilliamEggleston, #ZaneleMuholi and #AiWeiwei..

#UK #Entertainment #TheArts #Photography #Representation #Culture

https://www.cnbctv18.com/world/hundreds-of-photos-from-the-collection-of-elton-john-and-david-furnish-will-go-on-display-in-london-18137221.htm

#Gay #Sex Has Been #Depicted in #Art for #Centuries: Why Is It Still Being #Censored?

"It’s shockingly #rare how seldom #queer #artists get the #space to #titillate, to #pushboundaries, and to be as #sexual as the #straight #men who have built the very #institutions that tell us we have to be less ourselves to gain #entry," writes #artist #ChristianRogers.

#Women #Transgender #LGBTQ #LGBTQIA #Sexuality #Intimacy #Entertainment #TheArts #Representation #Culture

https://www.advocate.com/voices/gay-sex-in-art-censored

When a #Library Refused to Carry #LGBTQ #Books, #WillieCarver Started His Own.

The 2022 #Kentucky #TeacheroftheYear who #quit his #job over #discrimination is making sure #LGBTQ #youth have #access to #queer #titles.

#Women #Transgender #LGBTQ #LGBTQIA #Education #Entertainment #TheArts #Literature #Books #Reading #Representation #Culture https://www.metroweekly.com/2023/08/when-a-library-refused-to-carry-lgbtq-books-willie-carver-started-his-own/

#Sis is Bringing the #Trans #Revolution to #CenterStage

#Theatre #performer #Sis (a.k.a #SisTheeDoll) is thee definition of a #rising #star. We’re partially referring to her #legendaric, #history-making behavior as the first #Black #trans #woman to ever lead a #Broadway #nationaltour, playing #AdoAnnie in the touring production of #Oklahoma! in 2021 and 2022.

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

https://www.intomore.com/entertainment/theater/sis-is-bringing-the-trans-revolution-to-center-stage/

#JameelaJamil Just Made a Shockingly Correct Statement.

Addressing the #MetGala #theme (“#KarlLagerfeld: A Line of Beauty”) the “#GoodPlace” #actress had some words about #Lagerfeld’s #complicated #legacy including his #history of #fatphobia and #femmephobia

#Women #Transgender #LGBTQIA #Entertainment #TheArts #Fashion #Bigotry

https://www.intomore.com/culture/fashion/jameela-jamil-just-made-a-shockingly-correct-statement/