Gay Art Exhibitions…Anyone Up to It? UK TOP-3 in 2023
Marginalised communities have often found their home in art, and the visual arts has the highest percentage of LGBTQ+ workforce in the arts sector at 7 percent of its permanent workforce. Moreover, History has proved that fine art is a way of exploring identity, including your gender and sexual one!
Gay artists have gained, as a result, the visibility they deserve…as well as those belonging to the LGBTQia+ community at large. Spaces have been opened for creators in this group to exhibit their experiences and protest the challenges they have faced due to their sexuality or gender.
It is only in recent years, however, that the exploration of sexuality or gender have been permitted without facing legal or social repercussions. After centuries of silencing, Queer art and LGBTQ exhibitions hold paramount importance. These are the UK TOP 3 Queer art and LGBTQ exhibitions you should check out now across London and the UK. And of course, check out also our Virtual Art Exhibition online on Spatial.io!
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1. BEHIND THE LENS : LOUDEST WHISPERS 2023
Until 3 May 2023
The 2023 rendition of this annual LGBTQ exhibition – displayed in celebration of LGBTQ history month – this year has the theme ‘Behind the Lens’, shifting the spotlight to the many LGBTQ creatives who often go unseen: the costume designers, directors, make-up artists, technicians and screenwriters in stage, TV and cinema.
VISIT: The Conference Centre St Pancras Hospital, 4 St Pancras Way, London NW1 OPE.
2. LGBTQ+ AUDIO TRAIL AT MUSEUM OF LIVERPOOL
Ongoing
A new audio trail, by the dynamic duo behind the Bottoming podcast, brings to life Liverpool’s rich LGBTQ+ history. Touring you through the Wondrous Place exhibit (a curation of objects from the arts, entertainment and sports where the Scouse have made history), it draws you to reexamine certain objects through a queer lense. Be drawn in by the Killing Eve costume and stay to admire the works of local campaigners who have improved the lives of LGBTQ+ Liverpudlians.
VISIT: Pier Head, Liverpool L3 1DG.
3. QUEERCIRCLE
Permanent art space, current exhibitions open until 14 May 2023
In 2022, LGBTQIA+ charity, QUEERCIRCLE, launched its new, permanent space in North Greenwich. A space for the queer community, expect artist residencies, LGBTQ exhibitions, panel discussions and a dedicated library of essential texts in a tucked-away reading nook. Currently exhibiting are Rafael Pérez Evans’s Dust Bathers and Chiizii’s Ogoni 9.
VISIT: Building 4, Design District, 3 Barton Yard, Soames Walk, London SE10 0BN.
HERE IS A PEEK IN OUR CHERRY-PICKED ARTWORKS FROM OUR CURRENT GAY ORIENTED ART EXHIBITION!
Marcelo Amorim, ‘Queer Animal 1’, 2018 - oil on paper - 100 x 100 cm (1 of 1)
Marcelo Amorim, ‘Untitled’, 2020 - oil on canvas - 60 x 60 cm
Marcelo Amorim, ‘Untitled 1’ (Repertoire of Machines and Men), 2022 - oil on canvas - 150 x 150 cm
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