Public Displays of Affection

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Fifty Years of the Leslie-Lohman Museum of Art

James M Saslow

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English

Wise Media Group
08 December 2025

History of art & design styles: c 1800 to c 1900; Photographs: collections; Gay studies (Gay men)

Public Displays of Affection: Fifty Years of the Leslie-Lohman Museum of Art recounts the half-century crusade of an intrepid and foresighted gay couple who, weeks before 1969's Stonewall riot, kicked off today's vibrant queer art scene by opening their SoHo loft to exhibit works by queer artists who were contemptuously barred from mainstream galleries and museums. From their private home to a public gallery, then a non-profit foundation, and finally a government charter, the artistic and political passions of Charles Leslie and Fritz Lohman brought forth the world's only art museum dedicated to the visual expression of LGBTQ lives. ""Public display of affection"" usually means couples acting out physical desire in sight of others. But to the founders of New York's Leslie-Lohman Museum, it meant the public display of pictures celebrating such affection - which risked obscenity charges. Leslie-Lohman's dramatic evolution has mirrored broader cultural and social progress, and the Museum continues to play a vital role in promoting the visibility of queer images.

By: James M Saslow
Imprint: Wise Media Group
Country of Publication: United States
Dimensions: Height: 216mm, Width: 216mm, Spine: 13mm
Weight: 572g
ISBN: 9781629673134
ISBN 10: 1629673137
Pages: 138
Publication Date: 08 December 2025
Audience: General/trade , ELT Advanced
Format: Hardback
Publisher's Status: Active

James M. Saslow, professor emeritus of art history at City University of New York, has been writing and lecturing about historical and contemporary arts connected to LGBTQ experience for over forty years. He has served as New York editor of the Advocate; a co-founder of CLAGS, the Center for Lesbian and Gay Studies at CUNY; former national co-chair of the Queer Caucus of the College Art Association; and a longtime board member of the Leslie-Lohman Museum of Art. His pioneering survey, ""Pictures and Passions: A History of Homosexuality in the Visual Arts"" (1999), received two awards from the Lambda Literary Foundation.