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A crowd of people to the left hold up a sign while a shirtless man holds his left hand up as in an oratory gesture
Lo Tatou Seiana: Our Flowering, Our Time
Dan Taulapapa McMullin muses on colonialism, queer mythologies, and activism in the Pacific Islands.
Dan Taulapapa McMullin
June 21, 2023
Detail of the pamphlet for the Act Up Art Box with the text "A limited edition box of objects"
A Short History of the ACT UP Art Box
"ACT UP felt like a collision of creativity, political fervor, and justifiable anger..."
Peter Antony
June 7, 2023
Detail shot of the keys of the Cristofori Piano
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Spotlight: Inventing the Piano
How Cristofori’s invention gave a new voice to the harpsichord.
Jayson Kerr Dobney and Anthony Roth Costanzo
September 7, 2022
Still from "The Living Room" of Berenice Abbott sitting in an armchair in front of a fire with a camera on the table in front of her
Filming Berenice Abbott
Filmmakers Martha Wheelock and Kay Weaver discuss their memories of living and working with the legendary photographer.
Christopher Alessandrini and Stephanie Wuertz
June 24, 2022
Sepia-tone photograph of old-timey wagon trucks and cars traveling up and down West Street in New York City set against a backdrop of multi-story apartments and midsize skyscrapers.
Queer New York: A Virtual Walking Tour
Join the NYC LGBT Historic Sites Project and The Met to learn about queer artists who have called the city home.
Nicole Sussmane
June 21, 2022
Detail of an ancient Egyptian limestone statue of Hatshepsut
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Spotlight: Challenging Power through Gender Representation
What does the androgynous depiction of Hatshepsut—and its subsequent destruction—tell us about the role of gender in Ancient Egypt?
Aude Semat and Mona Eltahawy
June 2, 2022
A black and white photograph of two nude women in a loving embrace.
Germaine Krull’s Queer Vision
Once the toast of Paris, avant-garde photographer Germaine Krull held a mirror to queer life in interwar France.
Marina Molarsky-Beck
August 17, 2021
A detail of Paul Cadmus's The Fleet's In depcting a sailor making a pass at a man in a suit
Paul Cadmus and the Censorship of Queer Art
When Cadmus’s 1934 painting The Fleet’s In! was censored by the US Navy, the artist responded by deftly brokering his artwork’s visibility.
Bryan Martin
June 25, 2021
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Alice Neel and Gay Liberation
Explore Alice Neel’s relationship with queer culture and her vivid portraits of LGBTQIA+ subjects, including artist Jackie Curtis and poet Adrienne Rich.
Randall Griffey
June 12, 2021
Two men, Jared Spencer and Joshua Dumas, sat on a bench at The Metropolitan Museum of Art.
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Our Met Engagement Story | Jared Spencer and Joshua Dumas | Met Stories
Speechwriter Jared Spencer explains why he proposed to his husband, Joshua Dumas, a technologist, at The Met.
June 1, 2021