Exhibition: Queer British Art 1861 – 1967

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Exhibition: Queer British Art 1861 – 1967

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If you are in London before 1 October, you might wish to visit the Tate Gallery Millbank where there is a major exhibition on Queer British Art spanning over 100 years until homosexuality was decriminalised in England and Wales.

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Henry Scott Tuke The Critics 1927 Leamington Spa Art Gallery & Museum
Featuring works from 1861–1967 relating to lesbian, gay, bisexual, trans and queer (LGBTQ) identities, the show marks the 50th anniversary of the partial decriminalisation of male homosexuality in England. Queer British Art explores how artists expressed themselves in a time when established assumptions about gender and sexuality were being questioned and transformed.

Deeply personal and intimate works are presented alongside pieces aimed at a wider public, which helped to forge a sense of community when modern terminology of ‘lesbian’, ‘gay’, ‘bisexual’ and ‘trans’ were unrecognised. Together, they reveal a remarkable range of identities and stories, from the playful to the political and from the erotic to the domestic.

With paintings, drawings, personal photographs and film from artists such as John Singer Sargent, Dora Carrington, Duncan Grant and David Hockney the diversity of queer British art is celebrated as never before.
http://www.tate.org.uk/art/queer-british-art-1861-1967
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