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Contents:
- GAY NEW YORK: AN INTERVIEW WH ARTIST NICHOLAS BUFFON
- 5 ARTISTS WHO HAVE FOUGHT FOR GAY RIGHTS OM ART
- GAY GOTHAM
- NEW EXHIBN ‘GAY GOTHAM’ CELEBRAT 80 YEARS OF ART AND UNRGROUND LGBTQ CULTURE NEW YORK CY
GAY NEW YORK: AN INTERVIEW WH ARTIST NICHOLAS BUFFON
Nicholas Buffon discs pturg gay history and New York's "yed and changg prent" his exhibn at Poets Hoe, on view through November 20. * gay new york artist *
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5 ARTISTS WHO HAVE FOUGHT FOR GAY RIGHTS OM ART
As art holds an sential place the LGBT muny, The Advote striv to she a light on the work of gay, lbian, bisexual, and transgenr artists who are movg the cultural needle wh the artists spotlight sectn. Disver slishows om gay art opengs across the world wh mediums that range om photographs, to oils, to sculpture, and more. Read terviews and profil of ntemporary artists who portray LGBT history, sex, culture, and polics wh their works. Browse through the artist spotlight and other sectns that celebrate gay culture. * gay new york artist *
Before we knew Candy Bar, the Gee and Dragon, and Joers Arms—all by, succsful, and culturally important gay bars London—had shut their doors followed by a spate of other closur natnally. K., forcg ourselv to male-domant or male-only spac, filmg gay bars, and creatg an archive that would functn both as an art work, a public rource, and a ll to arms. We explore how the ntemporary gay rights movement has aligned self wh the state, the police, the ary, and wh property velopers at the expense of s own muny.
This year, Poets Hoe honors the 200th birthday of Walt Whman—one of New York’s great gay poets—and celebrat the 50th anniversary of the Stonewall Rts, wily nsired to have gurated the morn LGBTQ liberatn movements, wh Gay New York: Walt Whman to the Prent, an exhibn of artwork by Nicholas Buffon, on view through November 30. VC: Especially the Village, so many gay landmarks have been molished; survivg tablishments, such as the Stonewall Inn and Juli’, have bee muny centers specifilly bee of their longevy—but they’re the exceptn to the le. I put a Pete Buttigieg poster the wdow to really tie the patg to 2019, and while he’s not perfect, I thk Whman would have been fascated that a gay man is nng for print.
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NEW EXHIBN ‘GAY GOTHAM’ CELEBRAT 80 YEARS OF ART AND UNRGROUND LGBTQ CULTURE NEW YORK CY
The Lbian, Gay, Bisexual & Transgenr Communy Center hosts events throughout the year that provi advice, advocy events and arts and muny programs.
Programs clu those geared toward LGBT fai, dividuals stgglg wh HIV/AIDS, youth and survivors of anti-gay vlence or substance abe. Tour director Rafael Risemberg, a former gay studi profsor, intifi gay artists and galleri to troduce to terted parti of any orientatn. Harg acplished more than jt exhibg mms; he raised awarens society about the social that mattered to him, homosexualy and AIDS.