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Frank Worth, courtesy of NAC Gallery

Marilyn Monroe, Sinatra Photo Exhibit Comes to Fort Lauderdale

By J.W. Arnold | Saturday Jun 2, 2012
A new exhibition of long lost photographs by Hollywood paparazzi Frank Worth will bring the glitz and glamour of Hollywood to Fort Lauderdale this summer.

Photo of Afghan Girl Imitates Art

Monday May 14, 2012
Sometime life imitates art, and when that happens, it is impossible not to pay attention. This time it was the work of a combat photographer who captured an agonizing cry that has been immortalized in a digital version of the world’s most famous scream.
Lovers and life partners John Burnside and Harry Hay in 1979. (Photo: Harry Hay Papers, James C. Hormel Gay and Lesbian Center, San Francisco Public Library)

’Radically Gay: The Life of Harry Hay’ Shows at SF Main Library

By Sura Wood | Friday May 4, 2012
The exhibition, now at the San Francisco Main Library Gallery, brings its subject to life on the centennial of his birth, and illuminates the intersection of activism and personal biography, political conscience and humanity.

NY Exhibit Focuses on Early Career of Keith Haring

By Ula Ilnyrzky | Saturday Mar 24, 2012
In a new Keith Haring exhibition that focuses on the late artist’s early career, Haring’s creative energy is instantly felt through his seemingly pulsating kaleidoscope-like designs.

Artist Designs Gay-Friendly Wedding-Themed Canadian Coin

By Jason St. Amand | Friday Jan 27, 2012
Canada’s Royal Mint called upon Toronto-based artist Gary Taxali to design six coins for the country, and one of the quarters is a genderless-wedding themed, celebrating same-sex marriage.

Queen Elizabeth Elevates Artist David Hockney

By Steve Weinstein | Friday Jan 6, 2012
David Hockney, whose paintings of beautiful boys in shimmering Los Angeles swimming pools have become icons & who is considered Britain’s greatest living artist, has been named to the ultra-prestigious Order of Merit in the Queen’s New Year’s Honors List.

The Life and Death of Vincent van Gogh, Part 1

Tuesday Oct 18, 2011
His paintings are among the most well-known in the world, just like the story of his life and death: Vincent van Gogh was a troubled genius who killed himself.

Picasso’s Art-Inspiring Women

Tuesday May 31, 2011
Of all the women Picasso loved, perhaps the most inspiring to his art was Marie-Therese Walter. Anthony Mason visits New York’s Gagosian Gallery to view an unusual Picasso show of works inspired by his longtime mistress and mother to his daughter Maya.
Iphigénie

Washington National Opera Bids Adieu to Placido Domingo

By Kate Wingfield | Friday May 13, 2011
Washington National Opera bids farewell to its leader Placido Domingo with a somber and beautiful Iphigénie
Wayne Clough has tried to avoid controversy -- but it found him anyway.

Smithsonian’s Chief Defends Removal of Video from Gay Exhibit

By Brett Zongker | Wednesday Jan 19, 2011
So why did the Smithsonian remove a ’controversial’ video? Its head says he did it to preserve the rest of the exhibit on gay themes -- and claims he remains a defender of free speech.