content/trigger warnings:
artistic depictions of blood, cuts, genitals, nudity, and sex
bars (mentions of gay/lesbian/queer bars)
HIV/AIDS
homophobia
kink
lesbophobia
queerphobia
racism
transphobia

Representation
*most of the representation mentioned is about the artists themselves and not necessarily what is depicted on page*
androgyny
Arab
Argentinian
Asian
Bahamian
Bahraini
bi-gender
Black
Black Creole
Cherokee
Chicano/Chicanx
Chilean
Chinese
Choctaw
bisexual
butch
Colombian
disabled
drag
dyke
Egyptian
fa'afafine
fat/larger bodies
gay
Guatemalan
Ibibio
immigrants
Indian
Indigenous
intersex
Jamaican
Japanese
Jewish
Kashmiri
Kenyan
kink
Korean
Latine/Latinx
lesbian
Mexican
Muslim
Nigerian
nonbinary
Middle Eastern
Ohlone
Ọmọ Oòduà
Pacific Islander
polyamory
Qatari
queer
Samoan
Singaporean
South African
South Asian
Tanzania
trans femme
trans masc
trans men
trans women
Turkish
Ugandan
Ukrainian
Yoruba
Zanzibar Sultanat

A DAMN STUNNING COLLECTION!!! I adored the combination of art styles, history, cultures, and identities represented. Queer art is a blessing to us all.

While I overall truly loved this, there were a few people included in this book that I have issues with...

Gilbert & George / Pierre et Gilles. They have incredibly shitty ring wing views and have made blatantly racist comments regarding the presence of Black artists, George Floyd, and the Black Lives Matter protests. Seeing their Pierre et Giles work featured on the same page as Black queer artists, Rashaad Newsome, was... a choice. Let's not forget their past glorification of skinheads, Or Islamophobia, Or... well, I could go on for hours with their fuckery. I don't think their art should be censored, but do they really need to be included in a book with artists who existences they complain about? I don't get the point of including them in such a diverse book when they have openly stated their disdain of diversity in art, particularly when it comes to Black artists. The only thing preventing me from buying this in the future is that I refuse to buy anything that financially benefits racists. Fuck them. It was a terrible decision to include them.

Matthew Stone is an AI "artist". AI is not art, it's theft. Many of the artists included in this collection have been very outspoken about being anti-AI art. Does this really need to be explained?

I really enjoyed this beautiful collection of images of queerness. I think it’s so important to our community to have books like this that bring awareness, history and personal experiences into one place. Thank you for sharing this with me.

I can't stress enough how important it is that books like these are published, especially in the light of recent events concerning the queer communities worldwide.

I loved the structure of the book, showcasing a myriad of artistic works grouped in 3 categories of Queer spaces, Queer bodies and Queer power. After a short introduction, the book jumps right into presenting the art, providing neccessary context and background in a concise and comprehensible form at the beginning of each chapter.

Selection of the pieces is commendable. It ranges from photographs, paintings, sketches, drawings, video installations, installations, to videos, mingling older pieces with the most recent ones, however, none of them is older than 1960s and the focus is quite clearly on the 21st century.
I guess this book would be most appreciated by someone who is seeking an introduction to the queer visual art and is not overly familiar with it, because the descriptions are rather brief. This is obviously part of the book design, as it aims to offer more of a display of the art than an exhaustive analysis of it.

Overall, I loved how colourful, both visually and thematically, this book is and it brought me flashes of pure joy and empowerment. The book concludes with A Conduit of Joy, a painting with an inscription "How does it get even better" and for me, this resonates with hope and joy I wish on our whole queer community and our future.

This is a great collection of queer art and teaches an important history. Books like this need to be written in order to preserve and create a papertrail of queer history. Some of the works were recognizable, while others were new to me. Through this book, I discovered new things about familiar works and learned about other pieces of queer arts I’d never seen before.

Provocative and inspiring. I love how much activism and disruption is displayed in this selection of queer art, as well as how much intimacy and joy. Sir Isaac Julian, Hernan Bas, Sola Oluode, Ghada Khunji, Xiyadie, Laurence Philomene, Tammy Rae Carland, Hugh Steers, Kehinde Wiley, Slava Mogutin, and Charmaine Poh were all standouts for me. And the section on Act Up and AIDS protest art. (It includes Zoe Leonard’s “I Want A President” manifesto, fuck yes.)

The breadth and depth of this collection make it a powerful representation of queer lives and queer love. And as this is a digital copy, I would love to one day page through it in print.

I loved the art displayed in the book and the representation it brings to life. Wholeheartedly recommend.

Yes, yes, yes! Did I say yes already? Be still my little queer artist heart. As a disabled queer art, I struggle with finding queer art not just because galleries seldom make room for queerness but also because of accesibility. To have this access to my community in my home is everything.

This is a beautifully curated queer coffee table book.
The art was stunning and the historical bits were really interesting.
You can see the amazing work the author did with their research.
Very different and insightful.

This was absolutely beautiful. This book celebrated queer art and support for the LGBTQ plus community. With topics, such as visibility, activism, and queer love, the reader gains deeper insight into the community. The art was absolutely beautiful and each piece had a detailed description as well. I loved the way the book was set up, the art was gorgeous, and it was also educational. The historical aspects of gay culture were presented in a beautiful way.

I'll be completely honest in saying that I skimmed through and mostly looked at the pictures! There were many that I recognized and enjoyed reading about (largely the AIDS activism ones) and many others I just learned about! I do have my preferences within art and I was hoping that this book--the parts I skimmed at least--would be helpful in illuminating aspects of art history and criticism that I've yet to learn.

Queer Art definitely succeeded in that. I also appreciated the contrast between chapters and artists and mediums featured--it very much so felt like a well-rounded collection.

This was so so interesting!!
It covered such a diverse range of queer art, artists and different mediums.

Each piece is accompanied by a short snippet of information about the artist, context and what it represents. Was informative, beautiful and powerful.

Whilst I know quite a bit about general queer history, I learned a lot from this one. It highlights so many activists and interesting queer figures I’d not come across before.

Just fascinting. Such a celebration of queer people, queer art and queer strength.

Loved it. Recommend!! I bet the physical copy will be even more stunning.


Thanks so much to netgalley for an advanced digital copy in exchange for an honest review.
Probably my favourite ARC of the year so far!

Beautiful coffee table type book containing LGBTQIA+ art, artists and their creations. Main sections include: Queer Spaces, Queer Bodies and Queer Power with smaller subsections. Each work is given a couple of paragraphs about the work and includes some of the authors interpretation. I did find some works of art that I have seen in my travels and visits to art museums but more works and artists were new to me. I can see this both for art lovers and library collections. Thank you to Quarto Publishing Group - White Lion for the temporary ARC via NetGalley and I am leaving a voluntary review.

A true celebration of Queer Art from many points of view. Giving detailed accounts of artists and influence. Laid out in a way that’s easy to follow and will encourage the reader to want to experience more artworks as the ones featured.

I am not an art connaisseur but I loved this album. I liked the moments in life portrayed and all the details mentionned. Love is art.

Some of this book was beautiful, while some was odd, and some a little horrifying. But that's the reality of life and I truly enjoyed it. The writing was good, along with the different styles of pictures and paintings.

This book, y’all! This book! This book is life!
It is the most absolute perfection that has ever existed.
There are photos, there are drawings and paintings, there are stories and there is it alllllll and it all is queer, and it’s all alive and beautiful.
Beautiful. It. Is. So. Breathtakingly. Beautiful.

Wonderful artworks, absorbing texts. Each chapter is a gift into the beauty of being LGBTQIA+. The artworks are well-selected and the texts are refreshing to read. I’m also obsessed with the cover. Such an expansive read for queer people and allies. I was introduced to new artists that I probably wouldn’t have learned about otherwise. If you enjoy photography and art, pick up this book and you won’t put it down. Like bell hooks wrote, it’s queer “as being about the self that is at odds with everything around it”. And this book offers even more than that.

What a well-thought out tribute to LGBTQIA+ artists and their creations. I went into this read not knowing much about the curator/author of this book, but having a fascination of queer art and being able to see art that causes me to think about my life and how being part of such a strong and unapologetic community helps me to be who I am today.

Rolls-Bentley takes us through several different subject lines where she’s taken a collection of artists and highlighted their work with not only a bit of their interpretation, but hers during the heading as well. While going through this book, I found a few artists that I ended up looking up to overview and if possible follow their collections.

I look forward to seeing the finished product of this and could see it as a good coffee table art book. Thank you for your work in giving these artists a beautiful avenue to share their work.

I received this book for free for an honest review from netgalley.

Absolutely incredible. You can tell how well the photographer was in really capturing the essence of queer people.

Beautifully done book of queer art! I wish there was *slightly* less text- sometimes the volume of text takes away from the space for the art.