In another bid to propel her single “Bon Appetit” up the charts, Katy Perry decided to do some performance art and install a live version of her album cover at the Whitney Museum in New York City. Perry put her head on a platter and elici…
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Tattoo Artist Sparks Homophobic Firestorm with Aaron Rodgers Jock Strap Masterpiece
A tattoo artist has sparked an intense reaction on Instagram after posting a photo of her latest work of art: Green Bay Packer Aaron Rodgers posing in a jock strap and a half shirt. The fetching tattoo apparently possesses the power to threaten anyon…
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‘Billboard’ Takes a Deep Dive into the Voyeuristic ‘Femme’ Gender Signals in Harry Styles’s Cover Art
Billboard took a deep dive into the artwork around Harry Styles’s first solo record and his single “Sign of the Times”, suggesting that Styles is playing with gender norms. Water returns in both the album cover and back image. On th…
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Ian McKellen Offers a Haunting Glimpse of His Youth as a Closeted Gay Man in New Short Film: WATCH
In a powerful short film directed by Joe Stephenson for Tate Britain’s new Queer British Art exhibit, Sir Ian McKellen provides a haunting glimpse of his childhood growing up in Britain. Actor Scott Chambers provides the visual for McKellen…
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Could You Encase Yourself in a Rock for a Week? This Guy Did — WATCH
French performance artist Abraham Poincheval put the bed in bedrock by spending a week inside solid rock, from which he emerged earlier this month. The stunt took place in the Palais de Tokyo museum in Paris, beginning on February 22, with the artist…
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The Artist Who Drew Trump Beheading Lady Liberty is a Cuban Refugee
“It’s pretty hilarious that in 2017, a drawing is making the world go nuts.” That’s what artist Edel Rodriguez says about his cover for Der Spiegel magazine that broke the internet last week. But to be fair, it’s not just any drawing. It’s a cartoon…
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Bernard Perlin’s Pursuit of Art, Love, and Gay Sex Brought to Life by Michael Schreiber’s ‘One-Man Show’
Our TowleREAD audio reading series is back this week with Michael Schreiber’s One-Man Show, a chronicle of the life of gay artist and sexual renegade Bernard Perlin, whose range of work in the ’40s, ’50s, and ’60s pushed socia…
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Finland Honors Gay Erotic Artist Tom of Finland with His Own Emoji
Finland, which is the first nation in the world to publish its own set of national emojis, yesterday released an emoji to honor the gay erotic art icon Tom of Finland. RELATED: Here’s the Full Trailer for the New Biopic on Iconic Gay Artist Tom of Fi…
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David Hockney Redesigned the Logo of Conservative UK Tabloid ‘The Sun’ and People are Freaking Out
In a stunt art event, British artist David Hockney redesigned the logo for the conservative UK tabloid The Sun (owned by Rupert Murdoch’s News UK) and people are losing their minds. The artwork, created ahead of a major retrospective at Tate Br…
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Shia LaBeouf Arrested for Allegedly Shoving Hitler Supporter at His Anti-Trump Art Installation: WATCH
Actor Shia LaBeouf was arrested at his anti-Trump art installation He Will Not Divide Us at the Museum of the Moving Image in Queens, which is scheduled to run for four years or as long as Trump remains in office. Deadline reports: According to a spo…
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