They Will Remember Us

A queer and intellectually uncompromising
reimagining of the history of art

In They Will Remember Us, art historian and cultural communicator
Clara González Freyre de Andrade presents a vibrant and
necessary re-reading of art history through a queer lens.
For centuries, art has been presented as universal while quietly
excluding those who did not conform to dominant norms.
This book challenges that narrative, revealing how LGBTQ+
creators and perspectives have shaped artistic production from
its earliest forms to the present day.
Structured around the colours of the rainbow flag, each chapter
unfolds like a cultural chronicle, exploring figures such as
Toulouse-Lautrec, Rubens, Hilma af Klint and Natalie Clifford
Barney. Through painting, sculpture, photography and visual
culture more broadly, González Freyre de Andrade examines
how art has intersected with sexuality, dissidence, spirituality,
health, race and pride, often in ways erased or softened
by traditional histories.

Blending scholarship with accessible storytelling, They Will
Remember Us is both a reclamation and an invitation: to look
again, to question inherited narratives, and to recognise the
creative power of those who worked — and loved — beyond
the margins