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title: "How Franz Fanon has influenced generations of queer artists"
date: 2021-10-29
last_modified: 2025-02-26T16:26:22+01:00
generated_at: 2026-04-20T03:25:54Z
url: "https://www.schirn.de/en/schirnmag/how-franz-fanon-has-influenced-generations-of-queer-artists-kara-walker-2021-context-en/"
description: "Will Furtado is inspired by Franz Fanon’s “Black Skin, White Masks” and writes about how the book went on to influence intergenerational Black queer artists despite its shortcomings on gender issues."
image: "https://www.schirn.de/wp-content/uploads/2021/10/header_E0F0nalVkAAryoy.jpg"
language: "en-US"
---

# How Franz Fanon has influenced generations of queer artists