Tour Topics and Themes


Resource page for June 2024 in-gallery conversation

Here are some resources for the in-gallery (Cross Currents) June conversation, in support of Pride Month, as we profile queer artists.

“*To clarify, when we say the word “queer,” we are referring to a self-identification of a person that is not heterosexual or cisgender (having a gender identity that matches the sex assigned at birth). It is important to note that for many, the term “queer” can be problematic, as it is a reflection of a negative history, but for others, “queer” is how they self-identify, which is why we use the word.” (definition from Crystal Bridges Museum)

Here is a link to the sign up for tours.

General resources:

Check out this one hour Facebook virtual tour by the Detroit Institute of Arts, discussing the work of Hosmer, Hartley, Delaney, and Bacon, all artists profiled on this month’s Pride tour.

Also from the LGBTCenter NYC, a video in conjunction with the Whitney: Queer Belonging: Identity and Community in America Art

Information and quotes from May 30 in-gallery training: Pride artists’ quotes

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Harriet Hosmer

Harriet Hosmer: The Art Story

From the Davisart.com, Curator’s Corner: LGBTQI+ History Month: Harriet Hosmer

Another version of Medusa in Hood Museum: Harriet Goodhue Hosmer, American, 1830 – 1908

Harriet Hosmer on Art and Ambition: The World’s First Successful Woman Sculptor on What It Takes to Be a Great Artist

Grant Wood

Regarding Grant Wood: SULTRY NIGHT: GRANT WOOD’S QUEER MIDWEST

From the LGBTQ Archives and Library for Iowa: History-By-Letter #3 | Grant Wood

Des Moines Art Center: Justin Favela on Grant Wood’s “Birthplace of Herbert Hoover”

Informational video: Beyond American Gothic | Analysis of Grant Wood’s The Birthplace of Herbert Hoover

The Art Story: Grant Wood

Marsden Hartley

From the Met: Marsden Hartley and Wilfred Owen: Queer Voices of Memorial in Wartime

From the Museum of Fine Arts St. Petersburg: Stories We Tell: Conversation with director Michael Maglaras (discussing his film on Hartley)

Marsden Hartley: The Art Story

From the Sheldon Museum, Marsden Hartley

A couple labels from the Smithsonian with info on Hartley’s time in Mexico in 1932 and the artworks he produced: Yliaster and Popocatepetl

 

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Paul Cadmus

An object file on our Aspects of Suburban Life

DC Moore Gallery: Paul Cadmus

From the Met: Paul Cadmus and the Censorship of Queer Art

From the Smithsonian: Artists, Friends, Lovers: Paul Cadmus and George Tooker 

Cadmus, transcript of oral interview from the Smithsonian

From Artsy: When Paul Cadmus’s Homoerotic Military Painting Launched a National Scandal.

George Tooker

Lot essay from Christie’s for Coney Island

An article from America Magazine: Beyond Protest: The art of George Tooker

George Tooker: The Art Story

The Art of George Tooker

Check out these three short videos (and you’ll recognize Bob Cozzolino’s voice!): Part 1, Part 2, Part 3

Beauford Delaney

Beauford Delaney: The Art Story

Bio at NMAAHC

From Scalawag Magazine: Out of the Shadows: The Queer Life of Artist Beauford Delaney

 

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Check out Dennis Jon’s training on Part 2 of this Collage/Assemblage exhibition

Recent article on Harmony Hammond: Harmony Hammond’s Ongoing Revolution

Hunter Reynolds

From ArtNews: Hunter Reynolds, Pioneering Artist Known for Heart-Wrenching Works That Chronicled the Immense Loss Wrought by HIV/AIDS, Dies at 62

From the NYT: Hunter Reynolds, Artist Who Dressed Up AIDS, Dies at 62

From Visual Aids, a bio and artist statement: Hunter Reynolds

Hales Gallery, link to information about Reynolds’ photo weavings, including a photo of our work currently on display.

Another article on the weavings: Weavings: Adam Ash Barbu and Ethan Shoshan for Hunter Reynolds

Wangechi Mutu (Is an important artist ally for LGBTQ+ rights, but does NOT identify as queer)

Essence Magazine: Artist Wangechi Mutu Celebrates ‘Africa’s Out!’ Campaign, with a Little Help from Solange

From National Museum of Women in the Arts: Positive Fragmentation: Wangechi Mutu on the Black Body

From the Met: Museums Without Men: Wangechi Mutu

From Google Arts and Culture: Discover the work of Wangechi Mutu

Art 21: Between the Earth and the Sky, Wangechi Mutu

Sadie Benning (pronouns they/them)

From W Magazine: Transgender Artist Sadie Benning Is Not Afraid

In the label, a reference to Forrest Bess–here is some information from the National Gallery of Art.

Art Forum: Sadie Benning

From Moma: Sadie Benning

Shinique Smith

Sarasota Magazine: With Parade, Shinique Smith Turns Her Gaze on the Ringling’s Old Masters

From a Mia Story: Shinique Smith and the fabric of life

Bio: Shinique Smith

Her website: Shinique Smith

New York Times: Giving Castoffs a Second Life

 

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Beauford Delaney

(See resources in G361 above)

George Tooker

(See resources in G361 above)

Francis Bacon (in 377 now)

From Art Forum: Francis Bacon

From ArtNews: Francis Bacon’s ‘Screaming Pope’ Embodied Postwar Anguish—Here Are 3 Surprising Facts About the Influential Painting

Francis Bacon: The Art Story

From the Tate: WHO IS FRANCIS BACON?