Queer Lives and Art Discover LGBTQ+ artists and art Highlights Artworks Artists Explore more Themes Highlights 5 LGBTQ Art Stories Join Olly Pike as he explores LGBTQ+ artists, their wonderful worlds and artworks Sin Wai Kin: 'I want people to exist in my world' Get to know the artist who uses science fiction, drag and fantasy to deconstruct social narratives Five Stories of Queer Artists Discover five important stories of queer love and relationships told through art Artworks Bathing Duncan Grant 1911 Ankledeep Lubaina Himid CBE RA 1991 Untitled from the series Reflections of the Black Experience Sunil Gupta 1986, printed 2010 ID Crisis Zanele Muholi 2003 Untitled (Bacchus) Cy Twombly 2008 Smutty Robert Mapplethorpe 1982 Misty and Jimmy Paulette in a taxi, NYC Nan Goldin 1991 Thirst Gilbert & George 1982 Ataxia - Aids is Fun Derek Jarman 1993 Nude Girl Gwen John 1909–10 Young Lesbian at Monocle Brassaï 1932, printed later The Fan Marie Laurencin c.1919 Composition in Yellow, Black and White Marlow Moss 1949 Artists Claude Cahun 1894–1954 Gwen John 1876–1939 Dora Carrington 1893–1932 David Hockney born 1937 Cy Twombly 1928–2011 Robert Mapplethorpe 1946–1989 Quotes on the Queer Experience If I have to change my lifestyle, I don't want to live. Robert Mapplethorpe Robert Mapplethorpe Self Portrait (1988) ARTIST ROOMS Tate and National Galleries of Scotland © Robert Mapplethorpe Foundation Zanele Muholi Flesh II (2005) Tate © Zanele Muholi If I wait for someone else to validate my existence, it will mean that I’m shortchanging myself. Zanele Muholi They always say time changes things, but you actually have to change them yourself. Andy Warhol Andy Warhol Self-Portrait (1986) Tate © 2024 The Andy Warhol Foundation for the Visual Arts, Inc. / Licensed by DACS, London Explore More Queer Cornwall Discover the stories of Marlow Moss, Gluck and Ithell Colquhoun, three LGBTQIA+ trailblazers who made their home on the Cornish coast A Queer Little History of Art: Bathing Discover a queer reading of art history through Duncan Grant’s Bathing Susan Calman on queer role models, art and progress The Scottish comedian discusses why the gay rights movement is still so important today Sunil Gupta: 'Being in the dark room is healing’ The photographer talks about how his work in the dark room helped him deal with his HIV positive diagnosis Rotimi Fani-Kayode – Desire In Exile Mark Sealy Rotimi Fani-Kayode arrived in Brighton aged 11 in 1966, having fled Nigeria’s civil war. After coming out as gay, he left the UK and studied fine art and photography at New York’s Pratt Institute. Returning to the UK in the mid 1980s, he began exhibiting his complex and emotionally raw work Audio Description: Everything Else Has Failed! Don't You Think It's Time For Love? Listen to and watch an in-depth visual description of this artwork by Sharon Hayes Queer Lives: Channel 4 Random Acts Watch six films, each providing glimpses into the lived experience of six individuals Thinking about gender and bodies Find ways to structure discussions and activities to explore identity and gender BBZ x Abondance Matanda Hear BBZ, a collective for queer people of colour, in discussion with the up and comer they most admire Zanele Muholi: ‘In My World, Every Human is Beautiful’ Hear how the power of images can show LGBTQIA+ people worldwide that they are not alone How Muholi is affirming beauty Explore this visual-activist's practice through three photographic series Explore more Themes Black Identities and Art Discover Black art and artists in Tate's collection Wellbeing and Art Explore mindfulness through the art and artists within Tate's collection Women and Art Explore the stories and achievements of women artists and their contributions to the art world Disability and Art Explore how artists have portrayed the range of human ability through their art Migration and Art Explore how artists reflect on moving to new places