Arts Sensory World Photographer Tom Selmon was driven by a perfect storm of censorship and short attention spans to create a glossy tribute to the art of explicit erotic imagery, featuring work by himself and contributors from around the world. By Contributor • 3 min read
Exhibitions Vintage Photo’s from Brighton Pride 1973 After Gay Brighton Past found a trove of never-used pictures from the original 1973 Gay Pride march in Brighton, Alf Le Flohic managed to track down some of the people involved and get their stories. By Alf Le Flohic • 7 min read
An exhibition piece: Gil Mualem-Doron. Arts Socially Engaged Art Salon launches Queer Heterotopias zine SEAS has launched its Queer Heterotopias zine to complement its August exhibition at The Ledward Centre in Brighton. By Rachel Badham • 1 min read
Arts Rebels with a Cause Jaq Bayles visits the stunning Rebel Dykes Art & Archive Show, and looks back at the Lesbian Avengers as their famous handbook is re-released with bonus content. Rebel Dykes, Lesbian Avengers – the activists from the ‘80s and ‘90s with major attitude are back. The fact that an important new art show By Jaq Bayles • 6 min read
Community News Dave Pop! serves up ‘Seaside Sauce’ Artist Dave Pop! has a new exhibition at the Fishing Quarter Gallery from August 18 – 24. Seaside Sauce is based on Dave’s love of the fairground art found on Brighton’s pier and seafront. By Jaq Bayles • 1 min read
Arts Benjamin Sebastian discusses ]performance s p a c e [ Benjamin Sebastian a bold performance artist and curator. Celebrate 10 years of ]performance s p a c e [ as their PSX culminates with a 10-hour, durational performance event. By Alex Klineberg • 5 min read
Community Guillaume Vandame on the history of the Pride flag We caught up with visual artist Guillaume Vandame to discover the history of the Pride flag. His works is being shown at the 10th edition of Sculpture in the City. By Alex Klineberg • 6 min read
Arts Ambrosia exhibition: Raising money for Mermaids Purslane is one of London’s go-to spaces for emerging contemporary art. They’ll be hosting an online exhibition, Ambrosia, in support of Mermaids. The digital group exhibition bringing together 12 exciting rising contemporary artists. By Alex Klineberg • 2 min read
Arts News From Nowhere exhibition Walking through Brighton’s North Laine, if you look into one of the windows of the new LGBT+ Ledward Centre on Jubilee Street you’ll be confronted with Boris Johnson’s face staring out from the bum of a Leonardo de Vinci’s drawing By Jaq Bayles • 3 min read
Arts Pride at the Ironworks announces launch of photographic exhibition, The Identity Project Organisers of Brighton & Hove Pride’s new festival of cultural events Pride at the Ironworks, supported by Tesco, have announced details of an exhibition by Brighton-based photographer Chris Jepson, which explores what it means to identify as a member of the LGBTQ+ community today. By Graham Robson • 3 min read
Arts SEAS announces ‘News From Nowhere’ exhibition If you look into one of the windows of the new LGBTQ+ Ledward Centre on Jubilee Street you’ll be confronted with Boris Johnson’s face staring out from the bum of Leonardo de Vinci’s drawing of The Proportions of the Human Body According to Vitruvius By Jaq Bayles • 3 min read
Arts Life Without Night by James Bartolacci James Bartolacci is an artist based in Queens, New York City. He received his MFA in Painting and Printmaking from the Yale School of Art in 2020. He’s just launched Life Without Night, his first solo show in the UK. By Alex Klineberg • 2 min read