Whatever Is Unspoken Becomes Unspeakable

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…

Politics and Sexuality in the Museum: A Second Act for Hide/Seek  Tom Murphy by Minor White  When the National Portrait Gallery’s exhibition Hide/Seek: Difference and Desire in American Portraiture finished its run in February, 2011, earlier plans to travel it had been abandoned due to the controversy it had engendered. Much of the uproar over an…