Gerard Dillon - Examination of Hidden Queer Art | LGBTQIA+ History Club

For September’s online History Club, the LGBTQIA+ Heritage Project’s own Justine Eastwood explores the life and work of Belfast-born artist Gerard Dillon. Although Dillon’s sexuality was largely private during his lifetime, diaries discovered after his death all but confirmed that he was gay. Join us as we explore some of his paintings through a queer lens, uncovering themes and details that may have gone unnoticed or unspoken by audiences in the 1950s and 1960s, and learn more about the life and work of this talented artist. The LGBTQIA+ Heritage Project is funded by the National Lottery Heritage Fund. License: This video is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International (CC BY 4.0) license.