Queer British Art 1861–1967 at Tate Britain

Tate Britain presents 'Queer British Art 1861–1967', a historical exhibition exploring the representation of queer identities in British art from the abolition of the death penalty for homosexual acts in 1861 to their partial decriminalization in 1967. The show includes works by Frederic Leighton, Walter Crane, Simeon Solomon, Aubrey Beardsley, Francis Bacon, and David Hockney, among others. It examines themes of androgyny, censorship, and the tension between public and private expression. Highlights include a portrait of Oscar Wilde by Robert Harper Pennington (c. 1881), later hidden in an attic, and a door from Wilde's cell at Reading Prison. The exhibition runs until October 1, 2017.