To celebrate Cork Pride Festival, Crawford Art Gallery will host a special LGBTQ+ Tour of its exhibitions! As we continue to diversify the collection, we invite you to explore the Gallery in the heart of Cork City through an alternative lens. Drag queen Candy Warhol will guide visitors through select works and discuss LGBTQ+ contexts. The tour will feature artworks by Stephen Doyle, Breda Lynch and more! These tours will be free to attend but must be booked in advance. The tour will last approximately 45 minutes.
Hailing from Cork City, Candy Warhol has been one of Ireland's most renowned drag acts for over a decade. Candy is the mother of Mockie Ah, Ireland's leading Drag Haus. Formed in 2017 as a response to the lack of queer spaces in Cork City, the Haus has gone from strength to strength with nationwide sell-out cabarets, club-nights, music festival bookings and television appearances. In 2022, Candy appeared on BBC One's The Travel Show after Mockie Ah was named one of Ireland's top tourist attractions. Her other projects include co-presenting Comedy Central's Dragony Aunts hosting and producing Friends Of Dorothy - Ireland's No.1 queer podcast and hosting regular shows across Ireland and the UK.
This project is in support of the Night-Time Economy and funded by The Department of Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media.
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