Gilbert Baker 1951–2017 More on Wikipedia Gilbert Baker was an American artist, designer, activist, and vexillographer, best known as the creator of the rainbow flag. Currently showing at Gilbert Baker: Rainbow Flag Neue Nationalgalerie · Berlin, Germany 4 Jul 2026 — 6 Sep 2026 The Rainbow Flag (1978) by Gilbert Baker — now a global icon of the LGBTQ+ movement — is on display at MoMA, New York. Originally fabricated in nylon by Lynn Segerblom and James McNamara.
