The curator of Instagram's @AskAnyBuddy account, which explores the history of gay adult movies in print, Elizabeth Purchell, has lovingly crafted a feature length companion film of the same name. Ask Any Buddy the movie expertly weaves together fragments of image, sound effects and music from 126 erotic gay films from 1968 to 1986 by... Continue Reading →
Film Review: Ask Any Buddy ★★★★
One of our favourite queer Instagram accounts @askanybuddy delights in the rich history of how gay porn movies of the golden age of the 70s and 80s were advertised in print; the promotional stills, screening listings and cover stars. So our interest was aroused when we learnt that the curator of these treasures, Elizabeth Purchell,... Continue Reading →
Exhibition: Tom of Finland – Love and Liberation (House of Illustration, London) ★★★★
Tom of Finland (aka Touko Laaksonen) gets his first solo public exhibition in the UK with Love and Liberation at the House of Illustration. Featuring iconic images as well as previously unseen drawings from Tom of Finland Foundation’s collection, the exhibition forms part of the ongoing #TOMs100 celebration of his birth. Forty works on paper... Continue Reading →
Exclusive Interview: gay erotic artist Sam Morris “people have these boundaries in their heads between pornography & self-expression & erotica & art”
Before OnlyFans enabled the monetisation of nudes and sexual encounters for the masses, gay erotic artist Sam Morris had already launched his own website, SamMorris.me, to share his conceptualised, documentary style portraits and videos without fear of social media censorship. Asking his followers to pay for what he’d previously been offering for free on Tumblr... Continue Reading →
Some personal thoughts on The Inheritance
One may as well start with the Young Vic’s emails to its mailing list (my God, how many articles about The Inheritance have started with variations on that line). Back in 2017 when Angels In America (starring Nathan Lane and Andrew Garfield) was playing at the National Theatre, the Young Vic was announcing the last... Continue Reading →
Boys! Boys! Boys! Volume 5 – Paris Photo – 1-12 November on Paddle8
Boys! Boys! Boys! is back in its 5th edition to coincide with Paris Photo, the world's largest photo fair. In a continuing partnership between leading contemporary online auction house Paddle8 and London's The Little Black Gallery’s Ghislain Pascal. Tim Hailand's Oliver standing Tiegarten Berlin, 2017, 2017 Boys! Boys! Boys! is a celebration of established and emerging... Continue Reading →
Boys! Boys! Boys! Cologne Pride Pop-up Exhibition
Biesenbach Gallery, Cologne, Germany, The Little Black Gallery, London and Paddle8 host the opening night of pop-up exhibition BOYS! BOYS! BOYS! COLOGNE / PRIDE on Friday 5th July 2019 from 6 to 10 pm. The exhibition will only be on view during Gay Pride weekend in Cologne and presents photographic works by 16 artists. Stuart SandfordCumfaces #7, 2007C Type print, 28... Continue Reading →
Other Boys & Lovers a pop-up gallery by Sam Morris. Friday 28th June, New York.
In celebration of New York City World Gay Pride and 50 Years of Stonewall, Travis Taddeo welcomes Berlin based artist Sam Morris to showcase a curated selection of his erotic photography at the TRAVIS TADDEO SoHo boutique. “This Pride, I will let you look though a window into the many different vulnerabilities that I’ve encountered... Continue Reading →
