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Free ticket required Book online, or visit the Gallery in person. Talks and Lectures | Friday Lates Buy tickets Donald Urquhart Gain a Queer Perspective on our Collection with resident artist Sadie Lee and her special guest, artist Donald Urquhart (whose A Michael Jackson Alphabet (2017) features in the Gallerys current major exhibition, Michael Jackson: On the Wall), as they discuss portraits which have a personal resonance. Before becoming an artist, Donald Urquhart worked as a postman, model and fashion journalist, later becoming a key player in the performance-art and drag-club scene in 1980s London. He first received recognition for his ink on paper works in 2000, made for nightclub The Beautiful Bend that he had co-founded in the early 1990s. More recently he has made alphabet word and image works focusing on single celebrity personas, including Joan Crawford and Judy Garland. He has been the subject of solo exhibitions at contemporary galleries in London and California, and his work has been included in group exhibitions at the State Hermitage Museum, St Petersburg (2009), Dulwich Picture Gallery, London (2008), and the Museum fr Moderne Kunst, Frankfurt (2007). Donald Urquhart will also be leading a one-day workshop responding to the Gallerys major Michael Jackson: On the Wall exhibition on Saturday 4 August, 11:00-17:00.
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- 01 Dec – Matthew Shepard (1976–1998), American student
- 01 Dec – Takeda Shingen (1521–1573), Japanese daimyō & Buddhist monk
- 02 Dec – Gianni Versace (1946–1997), Italian fashion designer
- 02 Dec – Jason Collins (1978–), American basketball player
- 04 Dec – Cornell Woolrich (1903–1968), American crime writer
- 06 Dec – Tom Hulce (1953–), American actor & theater producer
- 06 Dec – William II of the Netherlands (1792–1849), Dutch monarch
- 07 Dec – Willa Cather (1873–1947), American writer
- 07 Dec – Hurd Hatfield (1917–1998), American actor
- 08 Dec – Brendan Burke (1988–2010), Canadian hockey player
- 08 Dec – Norman Douglas (1868–1952), British writer
- 10 Dec – Tommy Kirk (1941–), American actor & businessman
- 10 Dec – Mark Takano (1960–), American Democratic congressman (California)
- 11 Dec – Jean Marais (1913–1998), French actor
- 12 Dec – Brandon Teena (1972–1993), American trans man, subject of the Academy Award-winning Boys Don’t Cry (1999)
- 13 Dec – Anton Hysén (1990–), Swedish soccer player
- 14 Dec – Jobriath (1946–1983), American rock musician & actor
- 14 Dec – Amini Fonua (1989–), Tongan swimmer
- 15 Dec – Nero (37–68), Roman emperor, 54–68 AD
- 16 Dec – Noël Coward (1899–1973), English playwright, composer, actor & singer
- 17 Dec – Paul Cadmus (1904–1999), American painter
- 18 Dec – Brian Orser (1961–), Canadian figure skater & coach, 1987 World Champion
- 19 Dec – Jean Genet (1910–1986), French novelist, playwright & political activist
- 20 Dec – Prince George, Duke of Kent (1902–1942), British royalty
- 21 Dec – Michael Tilson Thomas (1944–), American conductor, pianist & composer
- 22 Dec – Marc Allégret (1900–1973), French screenwriter & film director
- 24 Dec – Galba (3 BC–69 AD), Roman emperor, first in the Year of Four Emperors
- 25 Dec – Albert Cashier (1843–1915), Irish-American trans Union Army soldier
- 25 Dec – Quentin Crisp (1908–1999), English writer, raconteur & gay icon
- 25 Dec – Ismail Merchant (1936–2005), Indian-born film producer & director
- 26 Dec – David Sedaris (1956–), American humorist, comedian, author & radio contributor
- 27 Dec – Guido Westerwelle (1961–2016), German politician & former Vice Chancellor of Germany
- 29 Dec – Billy Tipton (1914–1989), American jazz musician, bandleader & talent broker
- 30 Dec – Titus (31–81), Roman emperor, 79–81 AD
- 30 Dec – Paul Bowles (1910–1999), American expatriate composer, author & translator
- 31 Dec – Orry-Kelly (1897–1964), Australian costume designer
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