Yale Gay and Lesbian Alumni/ae Association, Inc. - Hidden in Plain Sight: Queer Art in a Deep Southern Museum

Hidden in Plain Sight: Queer Art in a Deep Southern Museum
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Graham C. Boettcher PC ’95 PhD ’06, The R. Hugh Daniel Director of the Birmingham Museum of Art (BMA) will unpack the museum’s complex and sometimes surprising history of collecting the work of LGBTQ artists. RSVP to attend.

Graham C. Boettcher PC ’95 PhD ’06, The R. Hugh Daniel Director of the Birmingham Museum of Art (BMA). Photo by Beau Gustafson.

Talk: Hidden in Plain Sight: Queer Art in a Deep Southern Museum

When: Tuesday, August 25, 2020. 6:30 PM EST (3:30 PM Pacific Time)

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Founded in 1951 as a department of the City of Birmingham, the Birmingham Museum of Art has grown to become one of the Deep South’s largest art museums, housing more than 27,000 works of art from across history and around the globe. In a richly illustrated talk, Yale GALA board member Graham C. Boettcher PC ’95 PhD ’06, The R. Hugh Daniel Director of the Birmingham Museum of Art (BMA), will unpack the museum’s complex and sometimes surprising history of collecting the work of LGBTQ artists, sharing examples by Marie Laurencin, Paul Cadmus, Robert Mapplethorpe, Catherine Opie, Mickalene Thomas MFA '02, Skylar Fein, and Paul Mpagi Sepuya, among many others. Boettcher will also discuss the work of Alabama artists who explore LGBTQ subjects in their work, including Carolyn Sherer, Paul Cordes Wilm and Sonja Rieger.

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