Pride

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

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 Jun 12, 2021

Our Met Engagement Story

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

Jun 1, 2021

Alice Neel: People Come First Virtual Opening

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

Artist Interview—Kent Monkman: mistikôsiwak (Wooden Boat People)

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.

Randall Griffey Dec 17, 2019

An installation view of a mannequin wearing a fuzzy Burberry cape in a bright rainbow design.

WorldPride at The Met: The Otherness of Camp

In honor of WorldPride, the fiftieth anniversary of the Stonewall Uprising, and Camp: Notes on Fashion, we explore how designers and cultural icons have used camp to question conventional ideas about taste, gender, race, and sexuality.

Karen Van Godtsenhoven Jun 24, 2019

A double-gendered teapot from the Royal Worcester Company.

WorldPride at The Met: The Camp Pose

In honor of WorldPride NYC and Camp: Notes on Fashion, we explore the history of camp culture's trademark, the gesture known as "the camp pose."

Karen Van Godtsenhoven May 21, 2019

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