LGBTQ
Hampstead Heath's notorious gay cruising spot recreated for London exhibition
Trevor Yeung, who will represent Hong Kong at the next Venice Biennale, considers the unspoken language of public sex for his Gasworks solo show
Fears for artistic expression in Russia as ministry files motion to classify 'the international LGBT public movement' as 'extremist'
Members of the country's cultural sector are among those concerned about harsh punishments for perceived violations should the declaration be signed off
UK museum reclassifies Roman emperor as transgender
According to research, Elagabalus asked to be called "lady" and preferred other feminine addresses
The bumpy road to acceptance of China's LGBTQ+ artists is explored in a new anthology
Against a backdrop of growing censorship, a book charting the struggle of the community to gain mainstream recognition offers some hope
World Press Photo ‘shocked’ at ousting of Hungarian National Museum director in LGBTQ+ exhibition row
Images of a care home in Manila by Hannah Reyes Morales fell foul of right-wing lawmakers
East Sussex institution hails the pioneering queer couple who changed textiles
The Ditchling Museum of Art + Craft is displaying an exhibition that pays homage to the unsung influence and secret history of Hilary Bourne and Barbara Allen
US drag show laws are a threat to artistic freedom and an attack on LGBTQ communities, say critics
A wave of local and state legislation “protecting” minors from drag shows has been denounced as a morally subjective, an anti-queer dog whistle, and likely to lead to the censorship of performance art
Did a carnival performer in drag help topple a dictator? Bolivia’s history of queer resistance revealed in London photography show
Auto Italia displays rarely seen archive of travesti in La Paz festivals
Artists take aim at Italy’s attack on same-sex parents’ rights
As the country's far-right government cracks down on LGBTQ rights, public artworks are popping up in protest
Artists Petrit Halilaj and Álvaro Urbano take a swipe at Italian government's LGBTQ discrimination in Venice installation
Audemars Piguet Contemporary and TBA21-Academy co-commission features fantastical objects that will be paraded through the city streets
Artist condemns anti-LGBTQ laws passed by Ugandan parliament including death penalty
Leilah Babirye—who fled to the US in 2015—slams legislation which also introduces sentences of up to 20 years for "the offence of homosexuality"
Major LGBTQ+ exhibition tests the waters of free speech in Hong Kong
Despite growing censorship in the fast-changing city, only one work has been removed from the show so far
Drag queen event at Tate Britain sparks protests between trans-rights activists and right-wing groups
Aida H Dee’s storytelling event disrupted by fighting outside London museum
Controversial UK politician slams Tate for hosting children's drag queen storytime session
Conservative Party peer Emma Nicholson has lambasted the London museum for "propaganda" in open letter
Is the graphic designer who refuses to create websites for same-sex couples an artist?
US Supreme Court justices debate whether obliging a Colorado woman to create wedding websites for same-sex couples violates her free speech rights as an artist
Russian artist flees LGBTQ crackdown
Yulia Tsvetkova was acquitted on charges of distributing gay ‘pornography’ but strict new laws have forced her to leave the country
Artist Katharina Grosse calls on Iran to overturn death sentences of LGBTQ activists
Zahra Sedighi-Hamadani and Elham Choubda were sentenced in September for the crime of "corruption on earth through the promotion of homosexuality"
Miami mega-collector Jorge Pérez: 'I hate to see where America is now'
Other leading cultural figures also respond to Florida's swing to the right
Cincinnati’s FotoFocus Biennial traces global issues, from climate change to discrimination
The 2022 edition of the largest photography biennial in the US includes over 100 projects that explore the theme of “world record”
Legislation to create national LGBTQ museum in Washington, DC introduced to US Congress
Representative Mark Pocan of Wisconsin introduced legislation to establish the National Museum of American LGBTQ+ History and Culture within the Smithsonian Institution
Russian artist Yulia Tsvetkova—who faced six years in prison on pornography charges for her drawings—is acquitted in court
But the artist's mother warns that worst is not over as prosecutors can still appeal for a resentencing
Francis Bacon: why Tate returned a 1,000-piece archive
Plus, US photographer of queer women, Alice Austen; and Michel Majerus at Art Basel
The politics of luxury: Tourmaline on her powerful new photographs Art Basel
The artist and activist draws inspiration from stories of discrimination against Black and LGBT people in the US
New podcast reveals lives of queer 19th-century women through letters of photographer Alice Austen
"My Dear Alice" explores, through hundreds of letters written to the unheralded artist, the romantic correspondences of Victorian-era women
America's racial reckoning: inside the controversial Guston show
Plus, London's new Queer Britain museum and a rediscovered work by Caterina Angela Pierozzi
Ingrid Pollard’s pastoral perspective still packs a punch
In a career survey at MK Gallery, the Guyanese-born British artist and photographer continues her exploration of race, sexuality and identity with new works
Past it at 40? Artists fight ‘culture of ageism’ in the art world
Promoting hot young talent might grab the attention of collectors and the general public, but it disadvantages older artists and especially women, queer and non-binary creators
Within minutes, top Russian artists manage to raise funds for legal defence of feminist artist facing six-year prison term
Yulia Tsvetkova, a LGBTQ activist-artist, is facing pornography charges for posting body-positive drawings
UK’s first LGBTQ museum to open in London this spring
Queer Britain charity pledges new institution will be free of charge
Male-centric and whitewashed: major photography brands Fuji, Canon and Kodak scramble to diversify following criticism
Camera companies pledge to promote more women, LGBTQ and photographers of colour in response to online pro-diversity campaigns