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Leslie-Lohman Museum of Gay and Lesbian Art
26 Wooster Street
New York, NY 10013
(Between Canal and Grand Street)
New York, NY 10013
Tel: (212) 431-2609
Fax: (212) 431-2666
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Now accredited as the first and only dedicated LGBTQ art museum in the world, the Leslie-Lohman Museum of Gay and Lesbian Art began as the Leslie/Lohman Gay Art Foundation founded by Charles W. Leslie and Fritz Lohman, and for more than 20 years has supported gay and lesbian artists.
The Leslie-Lohman Museum of Gay and Lesbian Art has a permanent collection of more than 6,000 objects spanning more than three centuries of queer art. Our programs include regularly scheduled exhibitions in our gallery, video events, workshop presentation of plays, artists' and curator's talks, panel discussions, THE ARCHIVE-a quarterly newsletter focusing on LGBTQ art and artists, a membership program, a research library and an archive of the permanent collection..
- Directions: Subway: A, C, E, 1 to Canal Street
- Disability Access: Wheelchair accessible
Leslie-Lohman Museum of Gay and Lesbian Art Listings
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The Piers: Art and Sex Along the New York Waterfront
Thurs, April 5, 2012 – Sat, July 7, 2012 "The Piers: Art and Sex along the New York Waterfront" is the first museum exhibition to focus exclusively on the uses of the Hudson River docks by artists and a newly emerging gay subculture. It presents over 70 works of art that demonstrate how the gay liberation movement--spurred by the 1969 Stonewall riots--transformed the cultural and social landscape of New York.
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Pier Talk: Remembering the New York Waterfront
Tues, June 5, 2012 In conjunction with the exhibition "The Piers: Art and Sex along the New York Waterfront," curator Jonathan Weinberg will host a conversation with four of the photographers whose work is featured: Frank Hallam, Shelley Seccombe, Stanley Stellar and Rich Wandel.