The Chintz Sofa
Artist: Helen McNicollMedia: Oil on canvas, 81.3 x 99.1cmDate & Location: c. 1913, Private Collection, Thornhill, Ontario Image Source: Art Canada Institute /…
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Statue of Ardhanarishvara
Artist: UnknownMedia: SandstoneDate & Location: 150-200 CE (Kushan period), North India (currently in the Victoria and Albert Museum, London, England)Image Source: Victoria and…
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Two Ladies of the Court in Saint Joan
Artist: Charles RickettsMedia: Watercolour on boardDate & Location: 1924Image Source: Picryl Significance to Queer Art History Charles Ricketts was a British painter, designer,…
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A:Shiwi (Zuni) Clay Pitcher
Artist: We’wha (it is likely We’wha’s signature on the handle)Media: Clay and pigmentDate & Location: 1884, made on A:Shiwi (Zuni) territory in what…
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Button from The Glade
Artist: Unknown Media: ButtonDate & Location: 1960s-1982Where can I find this item?: Unknown (will update when found)Source: QueerMusicHeritage.com Significance to…
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An Actress at her Toilet or Miss Brazen just Breecht
Artist: John ColletMedia: Paper and coloured inks (hand-coloured)Date & Location: London, 1779, currently at the British Museum (not on display)Image Source: Wiki Images (Creative…
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Tlazolteotl
Artist: UnknownMedia: SandstoneDate & Location: This sculpture was made between 900 and 1450 CE, but we do not know a precise date. You…
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Untitled (“Portrait of Ross in L.A”)
Artist: Félix González-TorresMedia: Candies in variously coloured wrappers, endless supply, ideal weight of 175 lbDate & Location: 1991Where can I…
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Getting Medieval with Benedetta Carlini
Trigger warning: Violent sexual assault, homophobia, torture, disgusting abuses of history, lesbian wrath When the medievalist Carolyn Dinshaw named her…
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mistikôsiwak (Wooden Boat People): Resurgence of the People
Artist: Kent Monkman (b. 1965)Media: Acrylic paint on canvasDate & Location: 2019, Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York Significance to Queer Art History…
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Bust of Mary Berry
Artist: Anne Seymour DamerMedia: BronzeDate & Location: c. 1793Image Source: National Portrait Gallery, London (Creative Commons License) This post was created by Professor…
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Brass of Agnes Oxenbridge and Elizabeth Etchingham
Artist: Unknown (London Workshop F)Media: BrassDate & Location: c. 1480, Etchingham Parish, SussexImage Source: Wikimedia Commons Significance to Queer Art…
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GATE 门, 1999
Artist: XiyadieMedia: Papercut, Water-Based Dye, and Chinese Pigments using Xuan PaperDate & Location: 1999, BeijingImage Source: Nome Gallery. Photo by Gianmarco Bresadola. Significance…
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Historiated initials and the medieval selfie
Thoughtful, systematic page design is nothing new. Humans are meaning-making machines with an impulse to organize. Today we code paragraph…
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Sponsa Christi (Brides of Christ)
Artist: Unknown(From a late thirteenth-century copy of William of Waddington’s Manuel des pechiez/Manual of the Sins)Media: Manuscript Illumination (ink and pigment on parchment)Date…
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Did you meet any malagas? (book cover)
Artist: Gary LeeMedia: Sketch on paperDate & Location: 1993, Larrakia Territory, Darwin, AustraliaWhere can I see this artwork?: Book cover of Did you meet…
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Forbidden Loves and Forgotten Legacies
One of the most beautiful things about doing my MA on lesbian representation has been gaining a sense of legacy,…
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Mary Høeg & Bolette Berg in the Boat
Artist: Mary HøegMedia: PhotographyDate & Location: c. 1895-1903, Horton, NorwayWhere can I see this artwork?: Preus Museum, Norway Significance to…
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Le Roman de Silence
Artist: UnknownAuthor: Heldris de CornuälleDate & Location: Early 13th Century, FranceMedia: Pigment on vellum (calf skin) Queen Eupheme (right) seducing…
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Introducing Female Satan
In heeding the wisdom of Hannah Gatsby, I am going to give you a little road map before I start:…
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Ladies of the Zenana on a Roof Terrace
Ladies of the Zenana on a Roof TerraceArtist: Ustad (Master) RuknuddinDate & Location: c. 1666, BikanerMedia: Watercolour, ink, and gold on paperWhere can…
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Saint Wilgefortis
It is my sincere pleasure to introduce you — my sparkly, queer, and quarantined friends — to my favourite medieval…
