A queer art exhibition in Germany shines a spotlight on marginalized modernist artists

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A woman looks at the artwork "I and my model" by artist Lotte Laserstein at the new exhibition "Queer Modernism. 1900 to 1950" at the Kunstsammlung NRW museum in Duesseldorf, Germany, highlighting the contributions of queer artists to modernism. (AP Photo/Martin Meissner)

DÜSSELDORF – There is an intimate portrait of a lesbian couple, a painting of young naked men enjoying themselves by the water and one of a flamboyantly dressed , androgynously looking person at a fairground.

Queer art has often been neglected and marginalized in the past but a new exhibition in Germany called “Queer Modernism. 1900 to 1950” is trying to overcome old prejudices and show the significant contributions of queer artists to modernism .

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