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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 Jun 21, 2022

Detail of an ancient Egyptian limestone statue of Hatshepsut

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 Jun 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 Aug 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 Jun 25, 2021

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 Jun 12, 2021

Speechwriter Jared Spencer explains why he proposed to his husband, Joshua Dumas, a technologist, at The Met.

Jun 1, 2021

Join the exhibition’s co-curators on a tour of this landmark exhibition.

Kelly Baum and Randall Griffey Mar 25, 2021

Miss Chief Eagle Testickle, Kent Monkman’s Alter Ego

“I wanted a persona to really reflect our point of view at the time that colonial policies were beginning.”

Kent Monkman Dec 23, 2019

Monkman inaugurates The Met’s annual Great Hall Commission with mistikôsiwak (Wooden Boat People).

Kent Monkman Dec 20, 2019

A artist Kent Monkman stands in The Met's Great Hall, looking around

Kent Monkman Reverses Art History’s Colonial Gaze

The celebrated Cree artist arrives at The Met—along with his gender-bending, time-travelling, shape-shifting alter ego, Miss Chief Eagle Testickle.