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Four decorative golden frames on a light blue wall. In the middle frame, on a rainbow background there's a text that reads Queer Art We Love for World Art Day. Another frame shows Frida Kahlo's painting "Self-Portrait with Thorn Necklace and Hummingbird". Two other frames show colorful abstract art.

Happy World Art Day! Our rec lists tend to be a bit book-centric, so we thought this’d be a great chance to share some artists and artworks we love. Note that because we don’t intentionally assemble these lists – they’re simply based on what our reccers choose to suggest – they can end up unbalanced. We’re aware this list skewed toward male artists as a result. We encourage you to find more artists, such as from this List of LGBTQ artists on Wikipedia. The contributors to the list are: Rascal Hartley, Shannon, Nina Waters, Evangeline Giaconia, Shea Sullivan, Lucy K.R., Neo Scarlett, and theirprofoundbond.

We have made the intentional choice not to include artworks that aren’t in the public domain as images on this post. We strongly encourage you to follow the links to view the works!

Electric Fan (Feel It Motherfuckers): Only Unclaimed Item from the Stephen Earabino Estate by John S. Boskovich

“Untitled” (Portrait of Ross in L.A.) by Félix González-Torres

Two Men Dancing by Robert Mapplethorpe

Study for I Am in the Air You Breathe by Kent Monkman

Compositional Study for They Walk Softly on This Earth by Kent Monkman

They Knew Everything They Needed to Live by Kent Monkman

Sir Michael Gambon in Rehearsal by Maggi Hambling

True Westerners for One Strange Hour by Yowshien Kuo

National Coming Out Day by Keith Haring

Self-Portrait with Thorn Necklace and Hummingbird by Frida Kahlo

Interwoven Socks by J. C. Leyendecker

Works of Anthony Hurd