Jason Byron Gavann, The Girls Giving Face, Cleavage, and Polyester, 1977. Photograph, RC color print, 8 x 10 in. Courtesy of the artist.
Exhibitions
Christian Walker: The Profane and the Poignant, co-curated with Noam Parness. On view at Tufts University Art Galleries (TUAG) at the School of the Museum of Fine Arts in Boston through April 21. Originated at the Leslie-Lohman Museum of Art in New York City in fall 2023. Reviewed in The New York Times, The Boston Globe, The Brooklyn Rail, and Boston Art Review. Featured in the “Best Art of 2023” by The New York Times.
As the World Burns: Queer Photography and Nightlife in Boston. On view at TUAG through April 21. Curated in partnership with TUAG Curator Laurel V. McLaughlin. Reviewed in The Boston Globe, Filthy Dreams, Wonderland, Musée, and Art New England. Featured in “Thirteen Exhibitions to Catch This Winter” by Boston Art Review.
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Curatorial Writings and Interviews
“Photographer Jason Byron Gavann Takes Us Inside Boston’s Unsung Queer Scene,” published in Interview (online), April 11, 2024
“Dossier: Christian Walker,” co-written with Noam Parness, published in ART PAPERS (online), March 20, 2024
“From The Other Side,” published in The Baffler (online), February 22, 2024
“Voices from the Collections: Photographer Guanyu Xu in Conversation with Curatorial Fellow Jackson Davidow,” published in Index Magazine (Harvard Art Museums), June 25, 2023
“American Soldier Photography,” published in Index Magazine (Harvard Art Museums), April 12, 2023
“Allen Frame, interviewed by Jackson Davidow,” published in the brochure for Please Stay Home: Darrel Ellis in Dialogue with Leslie Hewitt and Wardell Milan, curated by Makeda Best, Carpenter Center for the Visual Arts, Harvard University, February to April 2023
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Collaborations with Boudoir
As The World Burns at ManRay, Cambridge, March 21, 2024
First Fridays: Back with Boudoir, Institute of Contemporary Art, Boston, June 3, 2022
Cover story profile of Boudoir in Boston Compass Newspaper, October 2022