Museum of Contemporary Art San Diego

Join us on Saturday, September 19 for the free public opening of Visiones Nocturnas: Queer Nightlife in Contemporary Art. 

Focused Narratives Tour: Exhibition Highlights

At 11:30AM, join an MCASD Educator for a highlights tour through Visiones Nocturnas, tracing how dance clubs, bathhouses, and backyards become sites of queer belonging and resilience. Perfect for first-time visitors and returning guests alike. 

Meet in Browar Lobby. No RSVPs required.

Visiones Nocturnas explores the intersection of queer nightlife and contemporary art. Works included in Visiones probe the physical trappings of these environments—dance clubs, dive bars, block parties, backyards and bathhouses—for their capacity to generate sites of queer belonging, transcendence, and resilience. Visiones Nocturnas, or night visions, borrows its title from the work of Andres Payan Estrada, whose immersive installation commemorates a decade-long photographic research project examining ephemeral facets of queer nightlife along the U.S./Mexico border. Highlighting Latina/o/e and Latin American artists from the 1990s to today, this show features works by Laura Aguilar, Martine Gutierrez, Guadalupe Rosales, Joey Terrill and others. This intergenerational presentation encompasses painting, performance, photography, sculpture, textile, collage, video, and more.