In April this year the first exhibition dedicated to queer British art opened at Tate Britain in London.
Three years in the making, the exhibition paints a colourful and complicated picture of sexual orientation and gender identity leading up to 1967’s partial decriminalisation of homosexuality in England and Wales. DIVA’s Carrie Lyell went down to Tate Britain to meet exhibition curator Clare Barlow and find out why this particular show is so important to her.
DIVA: Some of our readers might be surprised to discover that this is the first major exhibition dedicated to queer British art. Why do you think that is?