New GLBT History Museum exhibition explores the legacy of a queer journal

SAN FRANCISCO, Calif. — A new multimedia exhibition opening Oct. 6 at the GLBT History Museum explores the story of OUT/LOOK, a groundbreaking national queer quarterly published in San Francisco from 1988 to 1992. Embracing gender and racial diversity and bridging academic and community perspectives, the magazine developed an avid readership. The show and its associated…

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Hollywood Museum extends LGBT exhibit to Sept. 28

LOS ANGELES – Due to popular demand, The Hollywood Museum has announced that Reel to Real: Portrayals and Perceptions of Gays in Hollywood – an entertaining and informative retrospective of LGBT images in film and television throughout the decades – has been extended to Sept. 28. Launched in June in honor of LGBT Heritage Month, this exclusive exhibition…

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‘Reel to Real: Portrayals and Perceptions of Gays in Hollywood’ exhibition opens June 6 at The Hollywood Museum

LOS ANGELES — The Hollywood Museum presents an exclusive new exhibition –Reel to Real: Portrayals and Perceptions of Gays in Hollywood – an entertaining and informative retrospective of LGBT images in film and television throughout the decades. The showcase will run from June 6 to July 21, coinciding with LGBT Heritage Month and Outfest LA (July 10-20). Featuring photos, costumes, props…

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Lyrical things

Spring is in the air (here in San Diego of course, spring looks a lot like summer and winter), March is nearly upon us and I am feeling just a little lyrical. Or maybe there are a slew of lyrical-like activities happening in town these next few weeks. What could be more poetic in nature…

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Frida Kahlo exhibition extends stay in San Diego through June 8

Global Entertainment Properties 1, LLC, (GEP) producers of The Complete Frida Kahlo exhibition, today announced an extension of the exhibition in San Diego through June 8. The exhibition, on display at historic NTC at Liberty Station, was originally planned to be in San Diego through Jan. 19, with San Diego being the first stop on…

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‘At the End of the Day’

The lexicon used to describe artists and their creations can be abstruse, elitist and just plain ridiculous. Take, for example, this description of photographer David LaChapelle’s exhibit in Mexico City in 2009 entitled Delirium of Reason from Art Pulse Magazine: “The subjectivity manifest in LaChapelle’s discourse is an artistic response to the new ecology of…

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Museum roundup

It’s been a while since I have provided you with a survey of the many diverse exhibitions on show around town. Since it is exhibition turnaround season I thought I would take this opportunity to let you know about what is coming and what is going. Women, War and Industry will be wrapping up its…

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Richard Hawkins tours Bob Mizer & Tom of Finland exhibition at MOCA, West Hollywood (VIDEO)

http://youtu.be/tQF4qN-8u0k Artist Richard Hawkins tours Bob Mizer & Tom of Finland, the first American museum exhibition devoted to the art of Mizer (1922-1992) and Touko Laaksonen, a.k.a. “Tom of Finland” (1920-1991), at MOCA Pacific Design Center in West Hollywood. Hawkins, who guest co-curated the exhibition with MOCA Curator Bennett Simpson, examines selections from the first-ever presentation of…

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