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Sundlaug, a group exhibition at CentreSpace Gallery Bristol for tired bodies and distracted minds.

Sundlaug’s logo. Courtesy of artists Beth Hadfield (@bethhadfield) and KA Bird (@__kabird). “Welcome to the Sundlaug, would you like a … More

bristol, bristolart, centrespacegallery, ceramics, contemporaryart, curatorialpractice, emergingartists, exhibition, video

Under Cover: A Secret History of Cross-Dressers. An exhibition co-curated by TPG senior curator Karen McQuaid and collector Sébastien Lifshitz.

Man in make-up wearing ring. Photograph from a photo booth, with highlights of colour. United States, circa 1920.  Courtesy of … More

crossdressing, exhibition, gender, genderperformativity, privatecollection, queerphotography, sebastienlifshitz

The Salon by Juno Calypso at Galeria Melissa: an exploration of beauty and identity.

Ferranti F. (2018) JUNO X GERIKO. Galeria Melissa, Covent Garden, London. The Salon is an immersive art installation by London-based … More

beauty, contemporaryart, galeriamelissa, gerikofilm, identity, installationart, junocalipso

Ginger Beer: a queer art exhibition co-curated by Rowan Waller and Ben Hartley at The Island, Bristol.

As co-curators Rowan Waller  (@leafyteefy) and Ben Hartley (@ben_hart9) explained to me, “Ginger beer is cockney rhyming slang for queer, … More

bristol, bristolart, contemporaryart, lgbtq+art, lgbtq+historymonth, queerart, queergaze

North: Fashioning Identity at Somerset House. Between gender performativity and fashion.

Derrin Crawford and Demi Leigh Cruickshank in the Liver Birds, Love Magazine, Liverpool 2012 ©Alice Hawkins Somerset House has been playing … More

contemporaryart, fashion, identity, northfashioningidentity, somersethouse

Future Research Plan.

Ferranti, F. (2017) Notes on future research plan. [Unpublished photograph]. Bristol, Bower Ashton Campus.

labelling, museumdisplays, queerart, queercurating, queerpractice, queertheory, semiotics

Coming Out: Sexuality, Gender & Identity at Birmingham Museum & Art Gallery.

Ferranti, F. Coming Out: Sexuality, Gender and Identity’s exhibition guide. Bristol, Bower Ashton Campus. [Unpublished photograph]. On Saturday 2 December I … More

contemporaryart, curatorialpractice, hetenormativity, museumdisplay, queer, queercurating

Imagine New Rules: Arnolfini director Claire Doherty’s vision of the future of art galleries.

Ferranti, F. (2017) Arnolfini’s façade. [Unpublished photograph]. Arnolfini, Bristol. Since I have started my MA in Curatorial Practice, I have developed … More

arnolfini, bristol, curatorial practice, future, newrules

Buddies in Bad Times Theatre in dialogue with Beacons, Icons & Dykons: a reflection on how to design a non-judgmental, inclusive, Queer space.

While doing some research on queer perspectives on Curatorial Practice, I have read several articles about Buddies in Bad Times Theatre … More

A follow-up on Aims and Objectives: Queerating as a new method for rethinking the future of Curatorial Practice.

My mind is stuck in the process of designing the methodology of my research: I have spent the first two … More

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