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David J. Getsy

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New book out May 2026

Magic Episodes and Other Synchronicities: The Transhemispheric Correspondence of Scott Burton and Eduardo Costa, 1970-1980
Magic Episodes and Other Synchronicities: The Transhemispheric Correspondence of Scott Burton and Eduardo Costa, 1970-1980

Upcoming talks 2026

2/25: Dia Chelsea: The Magic Hype: Andy Warhol and Trans Visibility in the 1970s
2/25: Dia Chelsea: The Magic Hype: Andy Warhol and Trans Visibility in the 1970s

New essays Fall 2025

Appearing Asymptomatic: Scott Burton’s Public Art and the Knowledge of AIDS
Appearing Asymptomatic: Scott Burton’s Public Art and the Knowledge of AIDS
Where There's Smoke: Enduring Inhabitations in Alex Da Corte's Rubber Pencil Devil
Where There's Smoke: Enduring Inhabitations in Alex Da Corte's Rubber Pencil Devil
Public Affections: The Figurative Revelation of Scott Burton’s Late Work
Public Affections: The Figurative Revelation of Scott Burton’s Late Work
Queer Life and its Avoidance in 60s Art
Queer Life and its Avoidance in 60s Art

Bio / Portfolio

website (with PDFs of publications)
website (with PDFs of publications)

Latest book: Queer Behavior

Queer Behavior: Scott Burton & Performance Art
Queer Behavior: Scott Burton & Performance Art

New lecture recordings

Lecture Recording: Scott Burton & Queer Behavior
Public Affections: The Revelations of Scott Burton’s Last Works @ Art Institute of Chicago, 9 October 2025
Public Affections: The Revelations of Scott Burton’s Last Works @ Art Institute of Chicago, 9 October 2025
Queer Abstraction in American Art @ ZeM October 28, 2025
Queer Abstraction in American Art @ ZeM October 28, 2025

Selected recent articles and essays

Interview: Paradoxes of Queer Visibility in Art History
Geoffrey Hendricks and the Ambivalence of Queer Visibility
How to Teach Manet's Olympia after Transgender Studies
Waking Dreams: Colette's Performance Art
Waking Dreams: Colette's Performance Art
Martin Wong's Queer Fantasies
Martin Wong's Queer Fantasies
Lesbian Feminist Abstract Painting in the 1970s

News

2022 Award for Distinction (Art Journal Award) from the College Art Association
2023 Robert Motherwell Award for Queer Behavior
2023 Robert Motherwell Award for Queer Behavior
Keynote announced for 50th annual conference of the Art Association of Australia and New Zealand
Keynote announced for 50th annual conference of the Art Association of Australia and New Zealand
David J. Getsy Awarded 2025 Guggenheim Fellowship
David J. Getsy Awarded 2025 Guggenheim Fellowship

Recorded lectures and dialogues

YouTube playlist: David Getsy Talks
YouTube playlist: David Getsy Talks
Lecture recording: Unnatural Relations and Queer Abstraction, Museum of Contemporary Art Australia
Lecture recording: Unnatural Relations and Queer Abstraction, Museum of Contemporary Art Australia
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