Yes to visibility and queer (re)tellings

Authentic narratives are vital for equality, and art can empower these voices and their retelling of history.

It was only four years ago that Australia legalised marriage equality, making it 16 years behind the first country to do so – the Netherlands, and four years behind countries like Brazil and New Zealand.

Curators Melissa Ratliff and Francis E Parker of Queer Readings of the Collection at the Monash University Museum of Art (MUMA), a project which invited a group of writers and artists to contextualise a selection of Monash collection works through their lens of experience, told ArtsHub what solidarity can look like for the queer community and how artists play a vital role.

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Celina Lei is ArtsHub's former Content Manager. She has previously worked across global art hubs in Beijing, Hong Kong and New York in both the commercial art sector and art criticism. She took part in drafting NAVA’s revised Code of Practice - Art Fairs, and was the project manager of ArtsHub’s diverse writers initiative, Amplify Collective. Celina is based in Naarm/Melbourne. Instagram: @lleizy_