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DetailsInternational Mr. Leather (IML)
Past event · Art Gallery · Chicago
Defiant/Restraint: IMLBB and LA&M Inaugural Art Show
Oxford Room, 1st Floor Congress Plaza Hoteldirections
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May 24 · what you missed
Sun, May 24, 2026 · 12:00 PM
About this event
The inaugural collaboration between IMLBB and LA&M brings together emerging and established queer artists for an exhibition that challenges, provokes, and celebrates. Defiant/Restraint explores the tension between resistance and control through painting, sculpture, photography, and mixed media. A Sunday afternoon in the gallery becomes a moment to sit with work that matters.
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Location
Oxford Room, 1st Floor Congress Plaza Hotel