Queer Art in New York Museums
Only in June this year, it was announced the New-York Historical Society's building located in Central Park West, right in front of the American Museum of Natural History, would be updated to welcome the American LGBTQ+ Museum.
Leslie-Lohman Museum of Art
In 1987, during the height of the AIDS pandemic, Charles Leslie and Fritz Lohman decided to create the world's first museum dedicated to LGBTQ art. Thus, the Leslie Lohman Museum was born with a mission of embracing and fostering queer artists. The institution now has more than 25,000 pieces from more than 1,9000 LGBTQ+ artists. Its permanent collection includes work by Catherine Opie, Robert Mapplethorpe, Neel Bate, and Andy Warhol.
Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum and Foundation
Right in the middle of the Upper East Side jungle, you will find this institution dedicated to promoting the understanding of art - mainly modern and contemporary art…
The Whitney Museum of American Art
The Whitney is considered the country's leading venue of the most recent developments in American art. The institution often purchases works from artists before they are even recognized nationally. Its collection has over 25,000 pieces created by American artists during the twentieth and twenty-first centuries.
The Metropolitan Museum of Art
This is the largest museum in the Western Hemisphere, with a collection of more than two million items and the most-visited museum in the United States…
The Museum of Modern Art (MoMA)
In the late 40s, the Museum of Modern Art was criticized for having a high number of gays and lesbians on the staff. In fact, the LGBTQ+ community was always…