Outed in Uganda’s virulently homophobic press, the artist and activist claimed asylum in New York. Now, her sculptures and paintings stand as monuments to the nation’s persecuted LGBTQ+ community ...

As a Ugandan artist who now lives and works in Brooklyn, Leilah Babiyre might at first glance seem like most other aspiring artists, who move to a cosmopolitan capital in pursuit of furthering their ...

Leilah Babirye: Embaga ya Naki ne Naki (Wedding of Naki and Naki), the artist’s first solo museum exhibition on the east coast, premieres a new body of work by Babirye (b. 1985 in Kampala, Uganda) in ...

Ugandan lesbian sculptor Leilah Babirye's totems and masks speak for and about LGBTQ Ugandans' and Africans' experiences. The works have been sought after by art collectors and featured in public art ...

The forecast for this summer is sure to be a scorcher with the assistance of this generation’s most impactful seven Black women artists. Curated by icons Racquel Chevremont and Mickalene Thomas, the ...

In Leilah Babirye’s latest exhibition, Ebika Bya ba Kuchu mu Buganda (Kuchu Clans of Buganda), discarded objects become queer guardians. Titled in reference to the term “Kuchu,” an affirming address ...

The Ugandan artist Leilah Babirye began carving wooden masks just over a decade ago after attending a concert with a group of LGBTQ art students in Kampala. Upon entering the venue, Babirye was ...

Ugandan artist Leilah Babirye’s hand-carved wood and ceramic sculptures—many of them figures and faces inspired by African masks that seek to expore the diversity of LGBTQI identities—have captured ...

The Ugandan artist Leilah Babirye began carving wooden masks just over a decade ago after attending a concert with a group of LGBTQ art students in Kampala. Upon entering the venue, Babirye was ...