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Chen Xiangyun, the winner of The Robert Giard Grant for Emerging LGBTQ+ Photographers

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    Queer|Art, New York City’s home for the creative and professional development of LGBTQ+ artists, in partnership with The Robert Giard Foundation, has just announced the winner Chen Xiangyun  and runner-up Camilo Godoy. This year’s awarded projects celebrate the richness of intimacy within queer communities. Chen Xiangyun will receive a $10,000 cash grant to … Continue reading



Lyle Ashton Harris : Hours and Days ~A Suite of 10 Photographs

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  Lyle Ashton Harris (is an American artist who has cultivated a diverse artistic practice ranging from photographic media, collage, installation art, and performance art. Harris uses his works to comment on societal constructs of sexuality and race, while exploring his own identity as a queer, black man.   Now the Albert Merola Gallery in Ptown is presenting the … Continue reading



David-Simon Dayon’s stunning exhibition of BALLERINOS for BOYS! BOYS! BOYS!

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  The latest exhibition on BOYS! BOYS! BOYS! is a series of black and white portraits, centered around the male ballet dancer by David Simon Dayan. Titled Ballerino it is the debut solo show of LA actor, filmmaker, writer, and photographer Dayan. He said about this Exhibit  “These subjects are some of the most captivating … Continue reading



Stanley Stellar’s Portraits at New York’s “Gay Piers” 1976 – 1983

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  A new exhibition has just opened in NY’s Kapp Kapp Gallery showing the work of celebrated queer photographer Stanley Stellar and in particular his wonderful images about the risque gay life at the  New York piers in the 70s and 80s Stellar has photographed gay men in New York City for just over 45 … Continue reading



Phyllis Christopher : In Pictures: Lesbian Sex and Protest in 1990s San Francisco

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  Currently at the Baltic Centre for Contemporary Art in Gateshead, in the NE corner of the UK is a stunning retrospective of the work of Phyllis Christopher. Titled CONTACTS it is an intimate glimpse at the lesbian community in San Francisco in the ‘90s  Phyllis Christopher is an American photojournalist living and working in Gateshead. … Continue reading



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