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Peter Hujar, 1975
Peter Hujar, 1975
October 10, 2026 at 5:30 PM
Des nouvelles de l'interzone
Peter Hujar, 1975
Peter Hujar, 1975
“Peter Hujar flourished artistically as the recorder of his own milieu of artists, writers, and especially performers: the reticent observer reveling in the performative exuberance of others.” —Alan Hollinghurst
The Elusive Glamour of Peter and Paul | Alan Hollinghurst
A dual biography of Peter Hujar and Paul Thek is a tantalizing portrait of the artists and their epoch, just before the catastrophe of AIDS.
www.nybooks.com
October 9, 2026 at 10:13 PM
“Peter Hujar flourished artistically as the recorder of his own milieu of artists, writers, and especially performers: the reticent observer reveling in the performative exuberance of others.” —Alan Hollinghurst
On our autumn reading list: The Wonderful World That Almost Was by Andrew Durbin, a double biography of Paul Thek and Peter Hujar, the artists who shaped New York's downtown scene. Out now from FSG (US) and Granta (UK). #TheKaelReport #PaulThek #PeterHujar
October 9, 2026 at 11:21 AM
On our autumn reading list: The Wonderful World That Almost Was by Andrew Durbin, a double biography of Paul Thek and Peter Hujar, the artists who shaped New York's downtown scene. Out now from FSG (US) and Granta (UK). #TheKaelReport #PaulThek #PeterHujar
Peter Hujar- Paul Thek in Sicily (1950s)
October 8, 2026 at 5:22 PM
Peter Hujar- Paul Thek in Sicily (1950s)
“To read an individual, or a milieu, through photographs can be, at its best, to see deep and to know how fragile the chance of such a revelation was.” —Alan Hollinghurst
The Elusive Glamour of Peter and Paul | Alan Hollinghurst
A dual biography of Peter Hujar and Paul Thek is a tantalizing portrait of the artists and their epoch, just before the catastrophe of AIDS.
www.nybooks.com
October 8, 2026 at 4:10 PM
“To read an individual, or a milieu, through photographs can be, at its best, to see deep and to know how fragile the chance of such a revelation was.” —Alan Hollinghurst
‘Peter Hujar loved to cruise. Many of his non-studio photographs depict the waterfront piers, abandoned buildings and parks where he met men.’
Em Hogan on the American photographer’s visions of gay life.
www.lrb.co.uk/the-paper/v4...
Em Hogan on the American photographer’s visions of gay life.
www.lrb.co.uk/the-paper/v4...
Em Hogan · Canned Soup and Canapés: Hujar and Thek
Almost in exchange for the trustingness of his subjects, Peter Hujar became a different person when he was behind the...
www.lrb.co.uk
October 8, 2026 at 2:15 PM
‘Peter Hujar loved to cruise. Many of his non-studio photographs depict the waterfront piers, abandoned buildings and parks where he met men.’
Em Hogan on the American photographer’s visions of gay life.
www.lrb.co.uk/the-paper/v4...
Em Hogan on the American photographer’s visions of gay life.
www.lrb.co.uk/the-paper/v4...
William Burroughs
photo by Peter Hujar, 1975
photo by Peter Hujar, 1975
October 6, 2026 at 6:58 PM
William Burroughs
photo by Peter Hujar, 1975
photo by Peter Hujar, 1975
‘By the 1970s Peter Hujar had mostly stopped doing commercial work. He survived on canapés at parties, canned soup and the “generosity of his friends”.’
Em Hogan on the American photographer’s visions of gay life.
www.lrb.co.uk/the-paper/v4...
Em Hogan on the American photographer’s visions of gay life.
www.lrb.co.uk/the-paper/v4...
Em Hogan · Canned Soup and Canapés: Hujar and Thek
Almost in exchange for the trustingness of his subjects, Peter Hujar became a different person when he was behind the...
www.lrb.co.uk
October 6, 2026 at 6:25 PM
‘By the 1970s Peter Hujar had mostly stopped doing commercial work. He survived on canapés at parties, canned soup and the “generosity of his friends”.’
Em Hogan on the American photographer’s visions of gay life.
www.lrb.co.uk/the-paper/v4...
Em Hogan on the American photographer’s visions of gay life.
www.lrb.co.uk/the-paper/v4...
"Come Out!!" (1970) is the most famous work by New York photographer Peter Hujar. The photograph — staged on Wooster Street in Lower Manhattan — features seventeen men & women marching in joy & solidarity. 🏳️🌈
October 5, 2026 at 9:01 PM
"Come Out!!" (1970) is the most famous work by New York photographer Peter Hujar. The photograph — staged on Wooster Street in Lower Manhattan — features seventeen men & women marching in joy & solidarity. 🏳️🌈
L’exposition organisée à la Morgan Library & Museum, à New York, permet d’explorer, à travers plus de 110 planches-contacts de sa collection, la vie et le processus créatif du photographe américain.
Par Marcelline Delbecq.
Par Marcelline Delbecq.
Au contact de Peter Hujar
L’exposition organisée à la Morgan Library & Museum, à New York, permet d’explorer, à travers plus de 110 planches-contacts de sa collection, la vie et le processus créatif du photographe américain.
www.artnewspaper.fr
October 5, 2026 at 1:43 PM
L’exposition organisée à la Morgan Library & Museum, à New York, permet d’explorer, à travers plus de 110 planches-contacts de sa collection, la vie et le processus créatif du photographe américain.
Par Marcelline Delbecq.
Par Marcelline Delbecq.
American photographer Peter Hujar poses for a May 1986 portrait in Bayonne, New Jersey. Photo by Bob Berg.
October 5, 2026 at 6:47 AM
American photographer Peter Hujar poses for a May 1986 portrait in Bayonne, New Jersey. Photo by Bob Berg.
Sorry, Hujar, nicht Mujar. Peinlich.
October 4, 2026 at 10:02 PM
Sorry, Hujar, nicht Mujar. Peinlich.
Here, Uncut takes a look at Charles Moriarty's hottest work – from a photograph called Cumface to a nude portrait of The Traitors’ Matty Hyndman
www.attitude.co.uk/culture/char...
www.attitude.co.uk/culture/char...
'Someone once told me muscle is just another form of drag': Photographer Charles Moriarty's most striking portraits, celebrating masculinity and more
“Robert Mappelthorpe, Irving Penn, Peter Hujar, Marcus Leatherdale – these are some of my teachers," Moriarty tells Attitude Uncut in a new interview
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October 4, 2026 at 10:00 PM
Here, Uncut takes a look at Charles Moriarty's hottest work – from a photograph called Cumface to a nude portrait of The Traitors’ Matty Hyndman
www.attitude.co.uk/culture/char...
www.attitude.co.uk/culture/char...
‘Peter Hujar’s photographs are empathetic: they dignify his sitters, and his gentler use of black and white makes his subjects seem, at times, like subjects in a Renaissance portrait.’
Em Hogan on the American artist.
www.lrb.co.uk/the-paper/v4...
Em Hogan on the American artist.
www.lrb.co.uk/the-paper/v4...
Em Hogan · Canned Soup and Canapés: Hujar and Thek
Almost in exchange for the trustingness of his subjects, Peter Hujar became a different person when he was behind the...
www.lrb.co.uk
October 4, 2026 at 8:50 PM
‘Peter Hujar’s photographs are empathetic: they dignify his sitters, and his gentler use of black and white makes his subjects seem, at times, like subjects in a Renaissance portrait.’
Em Hogan on the American artist.
www.lrb.co.uk/the-paper/v4...
Em Hogan on the American artist.
www.lrb.co.uk/the-paper/v4...
Insomniac listening - must read this book
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lfla.org/media-archiv...
The Wonderful World That Almost Was: A Life of Peter Hujar and Paul Thek - Library Foundation of Los Angeles
Novelist, poet, and editor-in-chief of Frieze Andrew Durbin will be joined by Chris Kraus on the ALOUD stage to discuss his forthcoming dual biography about photographer Peter Hujar and his sometimes ...
lfla.org
October 4, 2026 at 11:27 AM
Insomniac listening - must read this book
lfla.org/media-archiv...
lfla.org/media-archiv...
“Peter Hujar flourished artistically as the recorder of his own milieu of artists, writers, and especially performers: the reticent observer reveling in the performative exuberance of others.” —Alan Hollinghurst
The Elusive Glamour of Peter and Paul | Alan Hollinghurst
A dual biography of Peter Hujar and Paul Thek is a tantalizing portrait of the artists and their epoch, just before the catastrophe of AIDS.
www.nybooks.com
October 4, 2026 at 10:13 AM
“Peter Hujar flourished artistically as the recorder of his own milieu of artists, writers, and especially performers: the reticent observer reveling in the performative exuberance of others.” —Alan Hollinghurst
Now Sachs needs to make a Paul Thek film with George MacKay.
[Image: Paul Thek, 1975, Peter Hujar Archives, Pace Gallery]
[Image: Paul Thek, 1975, Peter Hujar Archives, Pace Gallery]
October 3, 2026 at 7:27 PM
Now Sachs needs to make a Paul Thek film with George MacKay.
[Image: Paul Thek, 1975, Peter Hujar Archives, Pace Gallery]
[Image: Paul Thek, 1975, Peter Hujar Archives, Pace Gallery]
For the most part, Ben Whishaw doesn't look like Peter Hujar, who he plays in Ira Sachs' Peter Hujar's Day. In this image, however, Hujar looks so much like Whishaw that I assumed it WAS him. From Andrew Durbin's review of The Wonderful World that Almost Was: A Life of Peter Hujar and Paul Thek.
Em Hogan · Canned Soup and Canapés: Hujar and Thek
Almost in exchange for the trustingness of his subjects, Peter Hujar became a different person when he was behind the...
www.lrb.co.uk
October 3, 2026 at 6:56 PM
For the most part, Ben Whishaw doesn't look like Peter Hujar, who he plays in Ira Sachs' Peter Hujar's Day. In this image, however, Hujar looks so much like Whishaw that I assumed it WAS him. From Andrew Durbin's review of The Wonderful World that Almost Was: A Life of Peter Hujar and Paul Thek.
‘Sontag’s 𝘖𝘯 𝘗𝘩𝘰𝘵𝘰𝘨𝘳𝘢𝘱𝘩𝘺 came out in 1977. Peter Hujar told a friend that it made him never want to take another photograph. He’s not mentioned in it – he feared it was because she didn’t think him famous enough.’
Em Hogan:
www.lrb.co.uk/the-paper/v4...
Em Hogan:
www.lrb.co.uk/the-paper/v4...
Em Hogan · Canned Soup and Canapés: Hujar and Thek
Almost in exchange for the trustingness of his subjects, Peter Hujar became a different person when he was behind the...
www.lrb.co.uk
October 3, 2026 at 5:50 PM
‘Sontag’s 𝘖𝘯 𝘗𝘩𝘰𝘵𝘰𝘨𝘳𝘢𝘱𝘩𝘺 came out in 1977. Peter Hujar told a friend that it made him never want to take another photograph. He’s not mentioned in it – he feared it was because she didn’t think him famous enough.’
Em Hogan:
www.lrb.co.uk/the-paper/v4...
Em Hogan:
www.lrb.co.uk/the-paper/v4...
Blanket on a Chair by Peter Hujar, 1983
October 3, 2026 at 11:46 AM
Blanket on a Chair by Peter Hujar, 1983
Peter Hujar at The Morgan Library. There were wonderful magnifying glasses for you to carry with you to look at the print sheets.
Also a wonderful display of past exhibits downstairs.
Also a wonderful display of past exhibits downstairs.
October 3, 2026 at 11:10 AM
Peter Hujar at The Morgan Library. There were wonderful magnifying glasses for you to carry with you to look at the print sheets.
Also a wonderful display of past exhibits downstairs.
Also a wonderful display of past exhibits downstairs.
Hujar right in both counts. Hujar is a great artist and Mapplethorpe’s work is forgettable kitsch. From Em Hogan’s review of The Wonderful World that Almost Was: A Life of Peter Hujar and Paul Thek in @lrb.co.uk
October 3, 2026 at 9:41 AM
Hujar right in both counts. Hujar is a great artist and Mapplethorpe’s work is forgettable kitsch. From Em Hogan’s review of The Wonderful World that Almost Was: A Life of Peter Hujar and Paul Thek in @lrb.co.uk
I was calmed down by my compassion saying said friend is related to Howard Hughes, was in a bizzare scam marriage and now mostly makes art masks for rich furries of course he looks like someone Hujar would photograph
October 3, 2026 at 3:53 AM
I was calmed down by my compassion saying said friend is related to Howard Hughes, was in a bizzare scam marriage and now mostly makes art masks for rich furries of course he looks like someone Hujar would photograph
Then went to the Peter Hujar show and was so unnerved that one photograph looked so much like my friend I felt compelled to txt him you’d tell me if you’re vampire right
October 3, 2026 at 3:51 AM
Then went to the Peter Hujar show and was so unnerved that one photograph looked so much like my friend I felt compelled to txt him you’d tell me if you’re vampire right