The Codpiece: Life and Times
YOU’VE ALL SEEN THEM—that pommel in the dress of Henry VIII and others—prominent, like something to rest your hand on, dependable, serviceable: the codpiece. Where did it come from and…More
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Jesus’ Penis and the Seed of Faith
THE INTERSECTION of sex and the Catholic priesthood has long been fraught, and recent scandals involving priests and choirboys have revealed to the modern public that there’s considerable overlap between…More
Filling the Void in Lesbian Art
CHRISTINA SCHLESINGER is a wickedly interesting, unapologetic, and high-spirited visual artist whose erotic works were featured in a “pop-up” exhibition at the Leslie Lohman Museum in New York’s Soho district…More
Secrets of the Met, Hanging in Plain Sight
The following comes from Andrew Lear, an art historian and founder of Oscar Wilde Tours, which will be offering gay tours of New York, including the Met, starting this spring,…More
Grant Wood’s Glimmerglass Surprise
THE CAMPUS OF GLIMMERGLASS OPERA Festival rolls up the mountain shore near the north end of a strayed-east Finger Lake named Otsego, ten miles north of Cooperstown’s Baseball Hall of…More
The Revolution Was Photographed
The importance of documentary photography is ever present in Anthony Friedkin’s The Gay Essay, a portfolio of photographs from the late 1960s to the early ’70s that focuses on the gay liberation era in San Francisco and Los Angeles.
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Sexual Freedom and the Classical Ideal
Classical Nudes and the Making of Queer HistoryCurated by Jonathan David KatzLeslie-Lohman Museum of Gay and Lesbian Art THIS AMBITIOUS EXHIBITION, Classical Nudes and the Making of Queer History, sets…More
Outing the Stars of Yesteryear
Reel to Real: Portrayals and Perceptions of Gays in Hollywood Curated by Bob Pranga and Steve Nycklemore The Hollywood Museum THE INTERSECTION of Hollywood and Highland is undoubtedly…More
At the Heart of a Bay Area Revival
An Opening of the Field Jess, Robert Duncan, and Their Circle Curated by and Michael Duncan and Christopher Wagstaff At the Pasadena Museum of California Art to January 11, 2015 …More
Glimpses of Moments Unseen
PETER HUJAR (1934–1987) began as commercial photographer’s assistant, then shifted to the world of fashion before turning exclusively to fine art photography.
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