Serichai TraipoomĪfter fleeing the dangerously homophobic conditions of her native Uganda and gaining asylum in the U.S., Babirye had only art to claim for herself - she left behind family, friends and her girlfriend for the sake of her own survival. Leilah Babirye Sculptor / New York, NY Leilah Babirye. Dozens more could have joined their ranks, but the hope of these few is to represent many - and what binds them together isn't nails, glue, paint or thread, but one common virtue amid this pivotal period for queer culture: When language just won't cut it, art fills the void. ![]() Chin, a queer Asian American creator based in Brooklyn, is one of a dozen LGBTQ artists to catch our eye and land on this list, which spans backgrounds, disciplines, ethnicities, sexualities and gender identities. The Tretyakov Gallery said it was so shocked by the violent attack that it was considering hiring psychologists to help pick out potentially dangerous visitors.“Art exists where language fails.” Illustrator Marcos Chin first heard this quote last summer, when he attended a talk by lesbian cross-disciplinary artist Sheila Pepe, and it stuck with him. The man, from southern Russia, said in court that after having a shot of vodka in the museum canteen he thought the painting, that depicts the first czar cradling his dying son after striking him in a fit of rage, smeared Ivan the Terrible whom he regarded as a saint. In 2018, a man at the Tretyakov Gallery in Moscow attacked a 19th century painting by Russian artist Ilya Repin with a stanchion, leaving holes in the canvas. Russia has a history of vandals defacing works of art while claiming they felt disturbed by them. The Yeltsin Centre has since put up protective screens over the remaining works in the avant-garde exhibition. The insurance company that valued the painting at £750,0000 has agreed to pay about £2,500 for restoration work in Moscow. Russia’s Art Newspaper reported that the damage was not irreversible thanks to the man’s soft stroke even though the pen’s ink penetrated the paint layer. Put up protective screensĪnna Leposkaya, born in Kyiv in 1900, is a well-known student of Kazirmir Malevich, one of the fathers of abstract art. The suspect faces a hefty fine or three months in jail if found guilty. The Yekaterinburg police last week reported the arrest without providing any details but said the man was “quite aggressive and made it clear he did not like the investigation”. Local media reported that although the room was packed with CCTV cameras, the gallery originally rejected suggestions that it was an inside job and filed the police report only two weeks later. The unnamed man reportedly did not show up for work for several days after the incident and switched off his phone as he was “very upset about what happened”, according to Ms Reshetkina. “His motives are still unknown but the administration believes it was some kind of a lapse in sanity.” ![]() “The security guard drew the eyes with a Yeltsin Centre-branded pen,” she said. First day at workĬurator Anna Reshetkina, who organised a meeting with the Yeltsin’s Centre’s director on Monday, said the painting was vandalised by a 60-year-old guard on his first day at work. “The person who drew the eyes on the figures in the painting of Anna Leporskaya has been identified: This is an employee of a private firm that provided security,” the Yeltsin Centre said.
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