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MK2 CINEMA, PARIS
Hardcore from the Heart: Politics of Desire in Art from the 1960s to the Present
Screening of “Safer Sexual Techniques in the Age of Mechanical Reproduction” in a program curated by filmmaker Beth B, Devrim Bayer, Senior Curator at Kamal-Centr Pompidou, and Nicolas Ballet, Curatorial Assistant at the Centre Pompidou — NOVEMBER, 8, 7:00-9:00PM, 2026
LESLIE-LOHMAN MUSEUM OF ART, NEW YORK CITY
Activating the Archive: Michelle Handelman Capsule Collection Launch
The Feminist Institute's launch of the Michelle Handelman’s Capsule Collection digital archive. Join Handelman in conversation with Dr. Amber Musser, Jeanne Vaccaro, and Exx Nottage, moderated by Stamatina Gregory — OCTOBER, 28, 6:30-8:30PM, 2026
ANTHOLOGY FILM ARCHIVES, NEW YORK CITY
Screening of “Catscan,” (1989) in the program “Avatars of the Whore” curated by Ayanna Dozier — OCTOBER 13, 2026, 7:00PM
LESBIAN HERSTORY ARCHIVES, NEW YORK CITY
Let’s Get Wet: Reconnecting Electronic Music and Leatherdyke History
Celebrate the release of Gavilán Rayna Russom’s latest album WET with BloodSisters director Michelle Handelman, discussing electronic music & Leatherdyke culture. — SEPTEMBER 17, 6:00-8:00PM, 2026
QUEER | ART, NEW YORK CITY
Michelle Handelman has been selected to be a 2027 QUEER | ART QAM Mentor— JULY 2026
E-FLUX, NEW YORK CITY
Experiment as Method, Care as Practice: Four Decades of HIV/AIDS Film and Video
Screening and discussion. Curated by Visual AIDS, MIX, NYC and The Film-Makers’Cooperative — JUNE 4, 7:00PM, 2026
SEX, CLUBS, DISSENT: VISUALISING QUEER NIGHTLIFE
MACK book release of “Sex, Clubs, Dissent: Visualising Queer Nightlife” edited by Amelia Abraham. featuring images from “BloodSisters: Leather, Dykes and Sadomasochism” — APRIL 2026
MUSEUM OF MODERN ART, NEW YORK CITY
Screening of “BloodSisters: Leather, Dykes and Sadomasochism,” and “Safer Sexual Techniques in the Age of Mechanical Reproduction” for the MoMA series “Queer and Uncensored” — JUNE 2025
LITTLE JOE: A BOOK ABOUT QUEERS AND CINEMA, MOSTLY
Book release featuring “BloodSisters: Leather, Dykes and Sadomasochism,” an essay on Handelman’s iconic film by Black Venus — JUNE 2024
AUTHORITY MAGAZINE
”Artist, Filmmaker, and Writer Michelle Handelman on Five Things You Need to Create a Highly Successful Career as an Artist” by Yitzi Weiner— JUNE 2024
LITTLE JOE SELECTS
BloodSisters streams all month online via Metrograph at Home
curated by Sam Ashby — JUNE 2024
WOMEN ON THE VERGE
curated by Susan Salinger and Kathy Brew
March 6 - March 23, 2024, Westbeth Gallery, NYC
EVERY WOMAN BIENNIAL
March 2 - March 24, 2024, La MaMa Galleria, NYC
FILTHY DREAMS
”Inside a Constant State of Desire: Michelle Handelman’s ‘DELIRIUM PART ONE: DEATH (The Breakdown)’ at signs and symbols” by Emily Colucci — JANUARY 2024
THE BROOKLYN RAIL / THE NEW SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT #979
”Michelle Handelman — DELIRIUM PART ONE: DEATH (The Breakdown)”
Artist Talk moderated by Jill H. Casid and Ksenia M. Soboleva
January 12, 2024, 1pm EST
FILMMAKER MAGAZINE
”’I Think of My Work as Functioning Like a Virus in the Sense That It Gets Inside Your System:’ Michelle Handelman on Her New Installation, DELIRIUM PART ONE: DEATH (The Breakdown)” by Scott Macaulay — JANUARY 2024
A GATHERING OF THE TRIBES PODCAST
"In conversation with Michelle Handelman, M. Lamar and Lydia Lunch,” hosted by Chavisa Woods
January 9, 2024
TEXTE ZUR KUNST / ISSUE NO. 132 "LUST"
"Lust, Kink, and the Emancipatory Potential of BDSM:" Roundtable with Michelle Handelman, Angelo Madsen Minax, and Sami Schalk, moderated by Jill H. Casid — DECEMBER 2023
DELIRIUM PART ONE: DEATH (The Breakdown) December 1, 2023 - January 20, 2024
signs and symbols, NYC
Solo exhibition
PERFORMA ARCHIVE BENEFIT
November 10, 2022, 6-11pm , LGDR, NYC, The Laughing Lounge performance + video
QUEER | ART
October 10, 2022, 8pm , IFC Center, NYC, BloodSisters Screening
ARTISTS & ALLIES V
August 4-September 30, 2022, signs and symbols, NYC
ASTRA MAGAZINE
”Davey Davis talks art and BDSM with Michelle Handelman” — AUGUST 2022