The article analyzes the problems that contemporary art historians and archivists face when working with activist art. Based on materials of Garage Archive Collection, the article examines the problems inherent in the process of archiving activist art as a radical genre. The analysis allows the author to identify three groups of such problems and suggest potential ways to solve them.
There have been a number of exhibitions in the last five years that have explored queer themes and adopted queer approaches, yet the position of queer in museums remains precarious. This article explores the challenges of this museological landscape and the transformative potential of queer curating through two projects: Queer British Art, 1861—1967 (Tate Britain, April–September 2017) and Being Human (September 2019–present).