By Gemma Rolls-Bentley as told to Jamie Tabberer

a work by Frida Kahlo showing two women sitting down outdoors - Frida Kahlo, Dos desnudos en el bosque (La tierra misma) (Two Nudes in a Forest), 1939. Oil on metal, 25 x 30.2 cm (9 7/8 x 11 7/8 in.). Private Collection

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Queer art is amazing – from Frida Kahlo to Paul Cadmus, these 8 artists prove it

Curator Gemma Rolls-Bentley discusses her new book Art Essentials: Queer Art, which offers a global overview of modern and contemporary queer art from the 19th century to the present day