Leslie-Lohman Museum of Art

The Leslie-Lohman Gay Art Foundation was founded by J. Frederic "Fritz" Lohman and Charles W. Leslie. The two men had been collecting art for several years, and mounted their first exhibition of gay art in their loft on Prince Street in New York City in 1969. They opened a commercial art gallery shortly thereafter, but this venue closed in the early 1980s at the advent of the AIDS pandemic. In 1987, the two men applied for nonprofit status as a precursor to establishing a foundation to preserve their collection of gay art and continue exhibition efforts. The Internal Revenue Service objected to the word "gay" in the title of the foundation and held up the nonprofit application for several years. The foundation was granted nonprofit status in 1990. In 2006, the foundation moved into a ground floor gallery at 26 Wooster Street in historic SoHo. The museum was closed for an expansion between October 2016 and March 2017. ==Programs==

The museum offers several principle programs, including the maintenance of its Permanent and Study Collections, 6–8 annual exhibitions at 26 Wooster Street, 4–6 annual exhibitions in the Wooster Street Windows Gallery, and multiple weekend exhibitions and drawing workshops at its Prince Street Project Space at 127b Prince Street in SoHo. The museum's exhibitions are organized by Guest Curators who submit proposals which are reviewed by the museum director and Exhibition Committee. In addition, the museum offers a complete year-round schedule of educational programing, including talks, lectures (Slava Mogutin, Duane Michals, Catherine Opie, Jonathan David Katz, etc.), films and books signings. The museum makes objects in its collection available for loan to qualified organizations and in recent years has borrowed works from other institutions, including the Library of Congress, Smithsonian Institution. New York Public Library, The Andy Warhol Museum, and other organizations. ==Governance and finances==

The Leslie-Lohman Museum is governed by an independent Board of Directors. The foundation employs a full-time staff, and relies on the assistance of volunteers to implement its programs. It is financed by its endowment, contributions from private donors and foundations as well as a membership program. The foundation expands its collection primarily by donations from artists and collectors. == Exhibits ==

• Deliciously Depraved: Featuring the Hun and Michael Kirwan, plus Howard Cruse, Adam, and Rob Clarke (March 18, 2003 - April 19, 2003) • Becoming Men: Portrait Paintings by Gilbert Lewis (March 9, 2004 - April 17, 2004) • Allure: Painted and Drawn Visions of Beauty (September 10, 2004 - October 16, 2004) • Dirty Little Drawings: Tunnel of Love (October 21, 2004 - October 24, 2004) • Blade: A Renegade Artist in an Era of Repression (November 13, 2004 - December 18, 2004) • 21st Century Queer Men: Artists on the Edge (February 18, 2005 - February 26, 2005) • Illegal to See: A Portrait of Hustler Culture by Photographer Amos Badertscher (March 15, 2005 - April 23, 2005) • 21st Century Queer Women: Susan Synarski, Lorell Butler, Lorraine Inzalaco (May 17, 2005 - June 25, 2005) • Indiscreet: Candid views by Stephen Hale (September 13, 2005 - October 15, 2005) • PINUPMEN: Images of Desire (November 22, 2005 - December 23, 2005) • Joseph Cavalleri: Stained/Painted Glass (January 10, 2006 - February 25, 2006) • Berlin on Berlin (January 20, 2006 - February 25, 2006) • The Culture of Queer: A Tribute to J.B. Harter (May 2, 2006 - July 1, 2006) • Les Images: The Art of Peter Finsch (September 12, 2006 - October 21, 2006) • Duncan Grant: Ivory & Ebony (November 7, 2006 - December 21, 2006) • Richard Bruce Nugent: Harlem Butterfly (November 7, 2006 - December 21, 2006) • Eric Rhein: A Journey Among Warriors (November 7, 2006 - December 21, 2006) • Boy Bordello (January 2007 - February 17, 2007) • Dirty Little Drawings (February 6, 2007 - February 11, 2007) • Stations: A Gay Passion (March 18, 2007 - April 21, 2007) • Dark Ride: A Nocturnal Journey into the World of Erotic Desire (May 8, 2007 - June 30, 2007) • Selected Works of JB Harter (September 18, 2007 - October 20, 2007) • Great Gay Photo Show (January 15, 2008 - February 12, 2008) • Art Actually !: Drawing, Painting and Sculpture (March 12, 2008 - January 19, 2008) • Pink & Bent: Art of Queer Women (May 21, 2008 - June 28, 2008) • The Line of Fashion (September 23, 2008 - November 1, 2008) • Imaginary Portraits: Gay Lovers in History (November 18, 2008 - December 20, 2008) • Images from the Triangle: The AIDS Paintings of Peter Harvey (November 18, 2008 - December 20, 2008) ==See also==