LGBTQ+ Art, Material Culture & History

August 7, 2020

Richmond Barthé, Beauford Delaney, Kehinde Wiley, Freddie Styles, and Glenn Ligon produced artworks that are in sole ownership of the manifestation of their physical entities.…

July 22, 2020

Our second annual auction dedicated to the art, material culture, and history of the LGBTQ+ community features items by and from major figures and trailblazers; Richmond Barthé,…

May 15, 2020

At Auction August 13, 2020 A Portion of Proceeds to Benefit NYC LGBT Historic Sites Project 19th & 20th Century Trailblazers Our second annual auction dedicated to the art,…

January 30, 2020

Christopher Street Gay Liberation Day, 1971. Upcoming at auction. Remembering & Creating History Swann Galleries’ inaugural Pride Sale in June 2019 was met with a full…

July 17, 2019

    On the challenges of getting the media to tell LGBTQ+ stories and the role of art in changing the narrative…   On ensuring that LGBTQ+ history does not…

June 27, 2019

    The Pride Sale on Thursday, June 20 offered a curated selection of LGBTQ+ art, photography, literature, autographs and ephemera from the past 200 years, with many…

June 17, 2019

The Gay Day Archive   Today, at least a million spectators line the Pride parade route along Fifth Avenue each year. But in its earliest days, the celebration…

June 12, 2019

“Every woman who wants to be beautiful should be beautiful”   Among the many items up for auction in our June 20…

May 29, 2019

The Pride Sale An Exploration & Celebration of the Art, Influence & History of the LGBTQ+ Community We invited Eric Marcus, the founder and host of the Making Gay History…

May 3, 2019

An Exploration & Celebration of the Art, Influence & History of the LGBTQ+ Community Our first Pride Sale, being held in the same month as WorldPride and the 50th…