Gay Secrets of the Metropolitan Museum - A Virtual Tour
Learn about the secrets of LGBTQ+ history and art that are hanging, secret but in plain sight, among the Met's masterpieces.
Cost: $12. Please note that this fee helps keep our small business going during the crisis so we can get up and running right away when it is safe to bring people together again in person.
2 TYPES OF TICKETS:
Can't make the live event? Buy a ticket for the recording and watch the event in your own time! See FAQs below for more info.
Join us for an exploration of homoerotic art in the Metropolitan Museum. On this tour, we discover some of the Met’s queer treasures, from ancient Greek nudes and erotic vase-painting (on which Professor Lear is a world expert) to homoerotic paintings from the Renaissance—as well as modern works by LGBT artists orportraying LGBT people.
We learn about famous pieces—from Caravaggio's "The Musicians" to Picasso’s portrait of Gertrude Stein—but in addition we explore lesser-known artists and works that are often ignored.
And we delve into the fascinating forms of homosexuality in other cultures, such as same-sex initiation rites in New Guinea, represented in the Met’s Oceania collection. It’s all part of the hidden LGBTQ story in one of the great museums of the world, which you’ll never look at the same way again.
Speaker Info
Prof. Andrew Lear is a renowned expert on same-sex relations in Greek and Roman antiquity. During his academic career, he taught at Harvard, Pomona College, and NYU. In recent years, he has founded Oscar Wilde Tours, the LGBTQ history and culture tour company and Shady Ladies Tours, a women's history and culture tour company. He is also working with actor/author Stephen Fry on a podcast about the "Scandals and Secrets of London's National Portrait Gallery."
FAQ
When will the Zoom invite come?
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What time zone is the event scheduled in?
The event is scheduled for 2pm EST (i.e. New York time). You can watch it in any time zone but please adjust to the time zone you are in.
Will the event be recorded and available to view later?
Yes the event will be recorded and you can buy a ticket for the recording above. If you buy a ticket for the recording you will be emailed automatically after the event with a link to the recording, available to view for 1 week after receiving the link. If you bought a ticket for the live event but couldn't make it please email us and we will send you the link to the recording.