Art + Design x Life
Flower Codes: Symbols of LGBTQ+ Floriography
Flower codes have long been botanical ciphers for double lives. But floriography in LGBTQ+ history is a living, breathing dictionary...
Naked Ambition: William Etty’s Male Nudes
Looking at William Etty’s male nudes—once so scandalous they could raise the temperature of an entire Victorian drawing room—you can't...
Taboo Strokes: John Singer Sargent’s Secret Male Nudes
In the hush of a private studio, where light pooled like secrets and the door clicked shut against the world,...
Gay Royalty Through the Ages
Stories of gay royalty spans continents and centuries. From ancient kings and queens whose desires were open secrets, medieval monarchs...
John Singer Sargent: Portrait of a Gilded Age Nomad
In the late 19th century, a certain magnetic glow seemed to follow John Singer Sargent wherever he set up his easel....
Beyond Brokeback: Gay Cowboys in the LGBTQ Wild West
On the windswept plains of the Old West, gay cowboys found a measure of liberation. Under endless star-sprent skies, these...
Homosexual Nerdery: Gay Codes & Symbols in Art History
To really grapple with the muscular power of gay coded art (mercurial thing to begin with) start with a deep...
Gay Pop Art’s Radical Camp and Queer Subversion
It was a sultry night in 1965—the air crackling with irony and mischief—when a curious question floated through the silver-painted...
