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Dean Sameshima review – did the neighbours really not know? The extreme LA sex clubs hidden in plain sight

Deadpan 90s photographs of seemingly ordinary buildings only hint at the queer bacchanalia within – and stand as a record of lost and beloved safe spaces

The Guardian - UK

Oscar contenders and women of substance – what to watch, read and see this week

I just finished watching The Studio, Seth Rogen’s hilarious Apple TV satire of life inside an old school Hollywood production company. One of the standout episodes was set in the audience at the Golden Globes. It perfectly captures the peculiar theatre of awards shows: stars smiling and clapping furiously while…

The Conversation

Catherine Opie: To Be Seen at The National Portrait Gallery – a reminder of why we go to exhibitions in the first place

American photographer Catherine Opie’s new show at the National Portrait Gallery begins – or ends, depending on which order you explore it in – with her “interventions”. These photographic portraits are installed between the gallery’s paintings of Victorian leaders, captains, artists and politicians. They sit alongside them as though somewhat…

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Catherine Opie: To Be Seen review – a queer carousel of tattoos, fake moustaches and toddlers in tutus

From butch alter egos to radical images of motherhood, the photographer rises to the challenge of capturing her community in imposing and glorious style

The Guardian - UK

Catherine Opie: To Be Seen review – So fresh it’s hard to believe some of this work is 30 years old

4/5 In our increasingly divided world, the American photographers portraits of subcultures, from surfers to LA’s ‘leather dyke’ scene, exude a vital warmth and emotional generosity

The Independent UK

Portrait of Elton John and family goes on display at National Portrait Gallery

Taken by photographer Catherine Opie, the portrait captures Sir Elton, his husband, David Furnish and their children Zachary and Elijah in their home.

Evening Standard

‘I’m dying for the day heterosexuals have to come out’: Catherine Opie and her astonishing shots of queer America

Famed for having a child’s drawing of a family carved into her back, the photographer has devoted her life to queer America, from endurance swimmers to drag artists to her son in a tutu. Now she’s finally getting a major UK show

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Artists explore the meaning of home through the lens of queer and trans domesticity in New York

Group exhibition ‘Dreaming of Home’, at Leslie-Lohman Museum of Art, uses a seminal Catherine Opie photograph as a springboard to explore the meaning of home today

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Elliot Page on Juno, Hollywood’s dark side and coming out twice: ‘Living my life was more important than being in movies’

When the feelgood movie made him an Oscar-nominated star, the strain of hiding who he was almost forced him to quit acting. He explains how opening up about being gay, then trans, saved his life

The Guardian - UK

Catherine Opie's photography is on show at Heide Museum of Modern Art in the first major survey of her work in Australia

The LA-based photographer and activist, famous for turning a spotlight on queer experience in America, discusses five of her key works, from the 90s to today.

ABC News

Binding Ties explores celebrated artist Catherine Opie's world of transitions

Oliver breastfeeding. Oliver at five dressed in a tutu. Oliver at ten with his pet mouse in his vest pocket, an exquisite re-staging of Leonardo da Vinci’s painting Lady with an Ermine from 1489.

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