Art + Design x Life
Muscle and Myth: Sascha Schneider’s Gay Symbolism
Schneider painted like someone smuggling voltage. He wrapped classical allegory around homoerotic fire, camouflaging danger in toga folds and divine...
Baron von Gloeden’s Sicilian Mythography
Baron Wilhelm von Gloeden reimagined classical antiquity through the sun-drenched bodies of Sicilian youth. Exiled by tuberculosis to Taormina, he...
Masters & Visionaries: LGBTQ Art Through History
From the Renaissance rediscovery of classical ideals, to the effusive creativity of the Harlem Renaissance and the turbulent activism of...
Veiled Gaze: Homoerotic Desire in Orientalist Art
Beneath the veils of Orientalist fascination, a deeper current pulses—homoerotic tensions intertwined with power, conquest & longing. Bridges to how...
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...
George Barbier: Fashioning the Roaring Twenties
In the uneasy afterglow of one war and the encroaching shadow of another, Paris refused to dull. It shimmered—defiantly, deliriously—as...
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,...
Futurism's Art History, Visionaries & Legacy
With all their flaws and fervor, the Futurist dared to say “Let’s go!” to the unknown. Unleashing a wave of...
