Closet to Quarantine: Queer Art Then and Now

September 7 - November 6, 2021
EXTENDED UNTIL DECEMBER 11TH
Opening Reception: September 18, 4 – 7pm 

Closet to Quarantine: Queer Art Then and Now connects past and present artistic expressions of queer experience. The exhibition spans the arc of queer history, from taboo, to revolutionary, to accepted and celebrated, featuring works by contemporary LGBTQ+ artists alongside their historical antecedents. 

Childs Gallery, established in 1937, and the longest continually operating fine art gallery on Newbury Street, has been wholly or partially gay-owned since 1969. The gallery has long offered works by LGBTQ+ artists, including Richmond Barthé, Paul Cadmus, and Ben Norris, to name just a few. Alongside its other offerings, Childs Gallery has actively cultivated a focus on queer-interest art within its collection. 

Artists in the exhibition include: 

Hannah Barrett 
Richmond Barthé 
Robert Bliss 
Paul Cadmus 
Rick Castro 
Felipe Chavez 
Opal DeRuvo 
Rubén Esparza 

Jared French 
Andrew Sedgwick Guth 
Don Joint 
Mike Kuchar 
Emily Lombardo 
Eric Lotzer 
George Platt Lynes 
John MacConnell 

Anthony Moore 
Ben Norris 
Stuart Sandford 
Margaret Rose Vendryes 
Andy Warhol 
Sara Zielinski 

Childs Gallery 168 Newbury Street Boston MA 02116 www.ChildsGallery.com