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I loved this, though slightly heart breaking to read. Didn‘t know anything about these artists. The authors‘s love and respect for them was evident throughout the book, yet still giving a gritty realism.
Have to remind yourself that as well as being condemned by society‘s norms for being gay, they were actually illegal 😞.
Have now fallen down the rabbit holes to find where you can see their works.

Another book haul thanks to a gift card I got as a belated Christmas gift from some friends 😁 #enablers

Swann compares the pregnant kitchen-maid to Giotto‘s Charity #Proust2026

I‘m not tempted to buy T-shirts very often, but … 😏

Beautiful artwork.

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This book is lovely! Basically it is reproductions of the artworks mentioned by Proust —in the order they appear in the novels!— with a brief contextualizing summary and the pertinent quote from the book. Home run! #Proust2026

My friend, coworker, and bookclub member @sabrinaslusher has joined Litsy! She‘s into fantasy, romantasy, and thrillers. Say hi, follow her, and offer any Litsy advice. Tag your romantasy pals for her to follow.

Welcome Sabrina!

The commercialisation and privatisation of cultural life that began in the late 1980s snaked seamlessly into the neoliberalism of the 1990s and 2000s. Indeed, despite subsequent changes in leadership and then government, consumerism and individualism continue to rule, exemplified by our current reality, whereby feminist thought is often co-opted by big businesses that appropriate and monetise it.

#Catalogue

We also salute the incredible determination of the artists ....in their singular resolve to keep making art, over lifetimes, and in their solidarity with each other. Some of these artists worked alone; others formed groups or collectives to challenge the institutional indifference to their new art. They dared to speak out and back to the world, often challenging each other's selectivity as much as institutional racism and sexism.

#Catalogue

I've been setting up my categories over on LT, using snapshots from graphic novels. This one is going to be most pleasing for the art / exhibition catalogue category.