Gallery Talk: Let’s Queer the Air

Join Aaliyah (Lilo) Turrietta, Duke Class of 2024, for a guided tour examining how museum spaces shape our perceptions of love and relationships. When do we assume we are looking at a heteronormative pairing?  A queer pairing? Can we assume or should we try at all? How does representation in museums affect the experience of art and its reflection on our culture and community? Lilo is a visual media major and a member of the Navajo Nation.

ABOVE: Lilo poses within the exhibition Love & Anarchy beside a photograph by Zanele Muholi called Katlego Mashiloane and Nosipho Lavuta, Ext. 2, Lakeside, Johannesburg. Photo by Cornell Watson.