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Gay Gotham: Art and Underground Culture in New York.

This large show, examining queer subcultures and the art that arose from them, is at its best in the first half, which presents such prewar gender benders as the “pansy performers” of nineteen ... read more

Gay Gotham at MCNY Explores NYC’s Role as a ... - Untapped New York

Gay Gotham: Art and Underground Culture in New York, which opens Oct. 7th, unfolds like a story as it explores NYC's role as a "beacon" for LGBTQ artists. read more

Exhibits at New York City museums celebrate LGBTQ artists & life in the ...

NEW YORK -- A pair of museum exhibits in New York City celebrates Pride. Taken together, these two LGBTQ-themed art shows take visitors from the first decade of the 1900s right up to current times. read more

Visions of a New Gotham in ‘Never Built New York’ - WSJ

Especially in New York,” says architect Steven Holl in “Never Built New York,” a book about some of the city’s unrealized architectural projects. read more

Gotham: The Fall And Rise Of New York - Forbes

New York's turnaround in the 1990s and early 2000s—in employment, public safety and welfare reduction—is one of the major public policy stories of the past fifty years, and the subject of a ... read more

Unmet Promises: Gay Gotham at the Museum of the City of New York

Touted as an exploration of New York’s role as a beacon for lesbian, gay, bisexual, and trans artists throughout the 20 th century, Gay Gotham: Art and Underground Culture in New York, curated ... read more

I Am Batman: Why DC Is Giving New York City Its Own Batman After 80 Years

IGN spoke with I Am Batman writer John Ridley to find out why DC is giving New York City a Batman again after more than 80 years, and how this move will affect Jace Fox's ongoing journey as a hero. read more

#TogetherInPride: Ballroom Culture Now In The Spotlight After Starting ...

Ball and house culture as it came to be, according to community members, originated in New York City sometime around 1970 with African-American and Latin-American LGBTQ+ members in Harlem ... read more

Underground 1930s London Club Comes Back to Life With ‘Queer City’

'Queer City: London Club Culture 1918-1967' recreates The Caravan, a London queer-friendly members club that existed for six weeks in 1934. read more

2 books celebrating New York City culture and community win the Gotham ...

NEW YORK (AP) — This year's winners of the Gotham Book Prize celebrate New York City as experienced on foot, bus and train. Ian Frazier, author of “Paradise Bronx: The Life and Times of New ... read more

‘Gay Gotham’ Reveals Splintered History of New York’s Queer ...

"Gay Gotham," the Museum of the City of New York's new show, surveys the "queer networks" that thrived throughout the 20th century. read more