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The Leslie Lohman Gay Art Foundation

The Leslie Lohman Gay Art Foundation (LLGAF) is a nonprofit <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Non-profit_organization> foundation for the collection and preservation of visual arts <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Visual_arts> by LGBT <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/LGBT> artists or art about LGBT themes, issues, and people. LLGAF is located in the SoHo <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/SoHo> district of New York City <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/New_York_City>. It has a gallery for temporary exhibitions and includes a sizable permanent collection of art numbering over 3,000 items, including, painting, drawing, photography, prints and sculpture. It has been recognized as one of the oldest arts groups engaged in the collection and preservation of gay art.permanent collection contains the works of a number of well-known artists such as Andy Warhol <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Andy_Warhol>, Delmas Howe <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Delmas_Howe>, Jean Cocteau <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jean_Cocteau>, DeniPonty <http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Deni_Ponty&action=edit&redlink=1>, Robert Mapplethorpe <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robert_Mapplethorpe>, George Platt Lynes <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/George_Platt_Lynes>, Horst <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Horst_P._Horst> and Arthur Tress <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arthur_Tress>.with the Kinsey Institute <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kinsey_Institute_for_Research_in_Sex,_Gender_and_Reproduction>, the One National Gay & Lesbian Archives <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/One_National_Gay_%26_Lesbian_Archives>, Lesbians in the Visual Arts <http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Lesbians_in_the_Visual_Arts&action=edit&redlink=1>, and the Archives of Gay and Lesbian Artists at Oberlin College <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oberlin_College>, the Leslie Lohman Gay Art Foundation is considered one of the most important archives of LGBT visual arts in the United States.was created to provide an outlet for art that is unambiguously gay <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gay> and frequently denied access to mainstream venues. The foundation's gallery mounts regularly scheduled exhibitions of art in all media by gay and lesbian artists with an emphasis on subject matter that speaks directly to gay and lesbian sensibilities, including erotic, political, romantic, and social imagery. The organization also provides support for emerging and under-represented artists. Other programs include artists' and curators <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Curator>' talks, panel discussions, a quarterly journal, an archive of artist data, and a permanent collection of art. The LLGAF also publishes The Archive <http://www.leslielohman.org/MainPgs/Journal1.html> made available to its membership that includes information on the Leslie Lohman collection, new acquisitions, events, samples of gay and sometimes erotic art and articles on artists and exhibition. The Archive is the predecessor to another publication, The Art of Man <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Art_of_Man> from Firehouse Studio publications.foundation hosts five exhibitions of new works each year, although work from the permanent collection is also frequently exhibited. The foundation's 2004 exhibition of the works of painter Patrick Angus <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Patrick_Angus> drew critical praise.foundation was also the first to exhibit the gay erotica of renowned commercial illustrator Bob Ziering <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bob_Ziering>. Although Ziering had provided illustrations for Simon and Schuster <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Simon_and_Schuster>, The Walt Disney Company <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Walt_Disney_Company>, and theNew York City Opera <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/New_York_City_Opera> (his 40-by-40-foot banner for the Opera's 1986 production of Don Quichotte <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Don_Quichotte> at Lincoln Center <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lincoln_Center> caused a sensation), his erotic work remained unknown until LLGAF hosted the first public exhibition of his paintings and drawings in 2004 [ 6, p. 397-398 ].