Whatever is unspoken becomes unspeakable Whatever is unspeakable becomes unthinkable Whatever is unthinkable ceases to exist. Harmony Hammond, artist These words reflect the theme of the panel session I attended on Saturday, January 21, 2012 at the Brooklyn Museum in New York. Entitled Sexuality and the Museum, the roundtable discussion was organized by Jonathan Katz,…

Tom Murphy by Minor White When the National Portrait Gallerys exhibition Hide/Seek: Difference and Desire in American Portraiture슠finished its run슠in February, 2011, earlier plans to travel it had been abandoned due to the controversy it had engendered. Much of the uproar over an exhibition exploring themes of gender identity in portraiture was caused by the…