Book Review| September 03 2019 James Bidgood: Reveries and Mariette Pathy Allen: Rites of Passage, 1978–2006: Museum of Sex, New York: March 28–September 8, 2019 Ger Zielinski Ger Zielinski Ger Zielinski lectures and writes on media arts and new media in Toronto, Canada. His recent research concerns queer affective cultures. He received his PhD from McGill University, where he wrote on the cultural politics and emergence of queer film festivals and won a postdoctoral research fellowship at New York University. Zielinski has given many talks on his work internationally, including at universities in London, Glasgow, Amsterdam, and New York. Search for other works by this author on: This Site PubMed Google Scholar Ger Zielinski lectures and writes on media arts and new media in Toronto, Canada. His recent research concerns queer affective cultures. He received his PhD from McGill University, where he wrote on the cultural politics and emergence of queer film festivals and won a postdoctoral research fellowship at New York University. Zielinski has given many talks on his work internationally, including at universities in London, Glasgow, Amsterdam, and New York. Afterimage (2019) 46 (3): 61–72. https://doi.org/10.1525/aft.2019.463009 Views Icon Views Article contents Figures & tables Video Audio Supplementary Data Peer Review Share Icon Share Facebook Twitter LinkedIn MailTo Tools Icon Tools Get Permissions Cite Icon Cite Search Site Citation Ger Zielinski; James Bidgood: Reveries and Mariette Pathy Allen: Rites of Passage, 1978–2006: Museum of Sex, New York: March 28–September 8, 2019. Afterimage 3 September 2019; 46 (3): 61–72. doi: https://doi.org/10.1525/aft.2019.463009 Download citation file: Ris (Zotero) Reference Manager EasyBib Bookends Mendeley Papers EndNote RefWorks BibTex toolbar search Search Dropdown Menu toolbar search search input Search input auto suggest filter your search All ContentAfterimage Search In view of this year’s fiftieth anniversary of the Stonewall riots, New York City galleries and museums are brimming with contemporary and retrospective exhibitions reflecting on the history of LGBTQ rights and themes of sexual and gender identity, associated cultures, and social action, providing the Museum of Sex stiff companionship [Images 1 and 2].1 Founded in 2002 by Daniel Gluck, in consultation with social critic Camille Paglia, among others, the Museum of Sex was envisioned to be a sort of “Smithsonian of Sex,” and has weathered a number of controversies and rebrandings over the years.2 The museum continues to develop its permanent collections and organize exhibitions of artifacts and representations of, or related to, a wide range of sexual and gender cultures. On my first visit since its hiring of the artistic and creative director Serge Becker3 and continuing renovation, I could sense the potent... You do not currently have access to this content.