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Artists Have Been Entrepreneurs All Along

Artists Have Been Entrepreneurs All Along

Beyond the clichés—one group wreathed in paint splatters, the other in boardroom suits—lurks a stirring reality: artists and entrepreneurs both quiver with the same creative electricity, resilience, and willingness to press against boundaries.

Toby Leon
Masters & Visionaries: LGBTQ Art Through History

Masters & Visionaries: LGBTQ Art Through History

From Hellenic symposia to 21st-century digital exhibits, each chapter of LGBTQ+ art builds upon and reinvents the last. Each a testament to love, resistance, and the timeless urge for self-expression.

Toby Leon
Tagged: Art LGBTQ
Flower Codes: Queer Symbols of LGBTQ+ Floriography

Flower Codes: Queer Symbols of LGBTQ+ Floriography

Floriography in LGBTQ+ history is a living, breathing dictionary where each bloom, color, and storyline weaves centuries of courage and coded expression.

Toby Leon
Tagged: LGBTQ
Veiled Gaze: Homoerotic Desire in Orientalist Art

Veiled Gaze: Homoerotic Desire in Orientalist Art

Beneath the veils of Orientalist color and cultural fascination, there pulses a deeper current—homoerotic tensions intertwined with power, conquest, and longing. Each a bridge to how human desire confronts empires, ideology, and society’s unspoken rules.

Toby Leon
Tagged: Art
Naked Ambition: William Etty’s Daring Nudes

Naked Ambition: William Etty’s Daring Nudes

Looking at William Etty’s nudes—once so scandalous they could raise the temperature of an entire Victorian drawing room—you can't help feeling charged with the same electric bravado of this man unafraid to provoke ardor and outrage.

Toby Leon
Tagged: Art LGBTQ
George Barbier: Fashioning the Roaring Twenties

George Barbier: Fashioning the Roaring Twenties

In the aftermath of one war and at the brink of another, Paris shimmered like a gem no one expected to remain hidden. The Jazz Age pulsed with a restless energy—all...
Toby Leon
Tagged: Art
Taboo Strokes: John Singer Sargent’s Secret Male Nudes

Taboo Strokes: John Singer Sargent’s Secret Male Nudes

In the velvet hush of a private studio—doors bolted against society’s prying eyes—John Singer Sargent stripped away every façade of propriety. By day, he immortalized the Gilded Age’s sparkling aristocrats...
Toby Leon
Tagged: Art LGBTQ
Global Patchwork: Collage Art’s Multicultural History

Global Patchwork: Collage Art’s Multicultural History

Imagine holding a single scrap of paper that once belonged to a soldier’s letter, or a delicate feather that adorned a ceremonial robe centuries ago. Each fragment carries a secret...
Toby Leon
Tagged: Art Collage
Futurism's Art History, Visionaries & Legacy

Futurism's Art History, Visionaries & Legacy

Futurism Art: Its History, Influences, Global Variations, and Visionary Artists On a cool autumn morning in 1908, a red Fiat careened through the dim streets of Milan, its engine growling...
Toby Leon
Tagged: Art
LGBTQ Royalty Through the Ages

LGBTQ Royalty Through the Ages

Picture an emperor so devoted to his male lover that he’d rather ruin a robe than disturb his partner’s slumber. This is the famous tale of Emperor Ai of Han...
Toby Leon
Tagged: LGBTQ
Baroque Style in Art, Architecture, Fashion and Philosophy

Baroque Style in Art, Architecture, Fashion and Philosophy

The baroque period is a fascinating time in history that had a profound impact on various artistic forms, including art, fashion, music, and philosophy. Originating in 16th century Italy, the...
Toby Leon
Tagged: Art
Futurism’s Gone Retro, Afro, Dada and Solarpunk

Futurism’s Gone Retro, Afro, Deco and Solarpunk

The Futurist impulse – that fascination with tomorrow and the urge to express it in art – did not end with the original Italian group. Around the world and over...
Toby Leon
Tagged: Art