Enlightened organizations understand that employees work at their best when they are treated with trust, respect, and fairness. At the same time, organizations are waking up to the fact that abusive leaders drive away talent, making them simply too expensive to keep. The question arises: How do we identify a toxic leader?

As labels tend to oscillate between overestimation and meaninglessness, the notion of a Queer Art History requires double caution: As a discipline it may either risk domesticating a radical movement through institutionalization, or be derided as ‘unscholarly’ activism. While the latter objection may even confirm the effectiveness of queer initiatives, the former requires a constant questioning of the objectives being pursued. Charting the path forward for Queer Art History means facing these issues head on.