Cult Art Space Founder Lia Gangitano on Championing Queer Art Outside the Mainstream
New York has had few art nonprofits as dearly beloved as Participant Inc. While predecessors such as Art in General and Exit Art eventually retired, the esteemed Lower East Side institution has only grown stronger in its two decades of programming mainly queer art. And the experimental landmark’s East Houston location has become a kind of unofficial community hub for New York’s avant-garde since it moved to the humble storefront in 2007.
Behind the institution’s cult-like following is founder and director Lia Gangitano, who has unwaveringly championed boundary-pushing art that New York museums still often fail to recognize. Whether photographs
Queer Filmmaker and Archivist Jenni Olson Receives Special Teddy Award
A jack-of-all-trades of LGBTQ cinema, the filmmaker and historian gets her due with a special Teddy Award. After decades of toiling in relative obscurity, Jenni...