Leigh Bowery

since 2025 › Feb › 02 (Sun) @ 08:42 UTC

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55 days ago

Art, Leigh Bowery and the weaponisation of embarrassment

found 2025 › Mar › 09 (Sun) @ 08:57 UTC

a story from The Guardian › International

Open up and let the shame in… It will set you free

Halfway around the Tate’s new Leigh Bowery show, my friend, Sophie, said to me, “Wait, why does this look like history when it feels like only 10 min…

68 days ago

‘Lucian Freud was thrilled when Leigh Bowery stripped naked’: how a wild club kid became the great painter’s muse

found 2025 › Feb › 24 (Mon) @ 07:48 UTC

a story from The Guardian › International

When outrageous clubbers Sue Tilley and Bowery posed for the eminent artist, some of the most spectacular portraits of the century were born. Tilley talks about sex, cash and Bowery’s untimely death

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69 days ago

King of Clubs: Leigh Bowery exhibitions Shine A Light On Creativity That Thrives After Dark

found 2025 › Feb › 23 (Sun) @ 17:32 UTC

a story from Euronews › Euronews

Leigh Bowery is perhaps best remembered his flamboyant fashion as much as his groundbreaking club nights. When Taboo in Covent Garden opened in 1985, it arguably became the most influential nightclu…

90 days ago

‘A living, breathing work of art’: Leigh Bowery by those who knew him best

found 2025 › Feb › 02 (Sun) @ 08:41 UTC

a story from The Guardian › International

The performance artist shocked 1980s London with his surreal outfits, outlandish lifestyle and collaborations with Lucian Freud, dancer Michael Clark and others. As a major exhibition opens at Tate M…

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