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Museum Relabels Emperor Elagabalus’ Pronouns, Acknowledging Her Status as a Trans Woman.

News / November 23, 2023

The North Hertfordshire Museum is set to relabel information on Emperor Elagabalus with she/her pronouns acknowledging the fact that she was a trans woman. The museum has claimed to consult an LGBTQ+ charity ‘Stonewall’ and a spokesperson of the museum said it is “only polite and respectful to be sensitive to identifying pronouns for people […]

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Drag Her to Dali!: Queens on Salvador Dali Paintings

Featured, Photo Gallery / November 9, 2023

I AM SURREALISM! There is no denying that the globe-trotting Salvador Dali was an eccentric personality. The critics have rightfully hailed him as the pioneer of the surrealist movement. Salvador Dali paintings shine the spotlight on the creative and imaginative forces embedded in the human subconscious. The ideologies and art of the maverick have seeped

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Lust for Latex and Leather: A Tom of Finland Legacy

#longread, Artist Profile, Profile / October 14, 2023

We are familiar with the proverb, “All work and no play makes Jack a dull boy”. And it certainly holds true. The word “play” may take a plethora of forms. And no artist knows it better than Touko Valio Laaksonen, better remembered by his pseudonym, ‘Tom of Finland’. Tom of Finland is both the artist

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PaykanArtCar’s Second Artwor demonstrated in Support of Women’s Rights in Iran

News / September 22, 2023

Introduction Since the tragic murder of Mahsa Amini by Iran’s morality police, women in Iran have been at the forefront of a revolutionary movement known as the Woman, Life, Freedom Movement. This movement aims to challenge the oppressive regime led by Ayatollah Khamenei and protest against laws such as the “mandatory hijab” that require women

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Lavender: A Color Woven with Queer History and Political Expression.

Columns / August 26, 2023

“We’re not afraid to be queer and different If that means hell, well hell we’ll take the chance They’re all so straight, uptight, upright and rigid … Lavender nights our greatest treasure Where we can be just who we want to be” -The Lavender Song by Ute Lemper We see the colours Lilac and Lavender

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The Coloured Threads of Craftivism: Narratives of Power and Protest

Columns / August 23, 2023

The history of art had always designated a separate spot for craft- knitting, crocheting, embroidering, and others were simply not considered a part of the fine arts like painting or sculpture. Extremely handy and closely associated with generations of women’s household labour, these forms of creation have been disregarded as secondary forms of art- never

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Happy B’day Warhol, Who is a Rebel God of Pop Art

Featured, On This Day / August 7, 2023

August 6, On This Day Andrew Warhola — more popularly known as Andy Warhol — has an artistic legacy that seems almost too vast to describe. Born on August 6, 1928, Warhol was a pop art pioneer (mass-produced art that apotheosized the supposed banality of the commercial culture of the US), visual artist, film director,

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Very Gay Paint: Comedian-Muralists Balancing Satire, Success, and Embracing Gay Identity

News / June 27, 2023

Nicholas Scheppard and Jenson Titus, the comedic duo behind Very Gay Paint, have turned their commitment to comedy into a surprising career as muralists. What started as a pandemic pastime quickly escalated into a full-fledged mural painting venture, with their work now adorning high-profile locations like RuPaul’s dining room and Trixie Mattel’s Trixie Motel in

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10 Emerging Queer Artists You Should Know About.

Do You Know?, Featured / June 24, 2023

As we approach the final week of this year’s pride month, we at Abir Pothi communicated with 10 emerging queer artists you should definitely look out for. Their art is not just an expression of their sexualities but also their expressive canvas to communicate their individual struggles and ideologies. With strong strokes and stronger voices,

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11 Queer-Coded Animated Characters in Pop-Culture.

Columns, Do You Know?, Featured / June 19, 2023

Vaishnavi Srivastava Have you ever rediscovered one of your childhood cartoons and wondered, “Hey! That seems a lot like the hand putting on nail paint emoji to me!”. Well, you’re not quite wrong. Certain characters in media have been queer-coded and it is pretty evident if you just put on your rainbow-coloured lenses. Now what

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