A body of work by contemporary artists across Latin America focusing on the effects of colonialism on culture-- click the link to read the preview in the Picture This Post Art section--
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A celebration of dance-- photos, film and more showcasing the creativity of Robert Joffrey and his namesake ballet troupe. Click the link to see many images in this Picture Preview story--
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Sculptor, performance artist, choreographer and more-- no limits to his creativity. Click the Picture This Post picture preview link below to see many images from this exhibit.
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A muscular person with tan skin sits in profile on a museum bench, facing a framed print of a dynamic horse scene hung on a gallery wall. The person wears a fitted white sleeveless shirt highlighting their arms and a thick silver chain necklace with a striking metal clasp pendant. Their most eye-catching accessory is a black neoprene puppy hood with perky ears, stylized eye and muzzle panels, camouflage side details, and an O-ring at the snout. Their pose is relaxed but intent—as if studying the artwork closely. The artwork before them is a reproduction of an equestrian print by Rosa Bonheur, a pioneering 19th-century French artist and openly gender-nonconforming woman. Bonheur made her mark painting animals—especially horses—in bold, realistic style, breaking boundaries for women and gender-nonconforming creatives by dressing in men’s clothes and working fiercely in a male-dominated art world. The museum-print's golden mat and dark frame stand out amid surrounding period paintings. Museum information cards beside the frame reference both Anna Klumpke and Alfred Rose Barbeau—Klumpke being Bonheur’s partner and celebrated biographer, further deepening the scene’s resonance with queer and feminist art history. The overall scene mixes playful kink (with the puppy hood referencing human-pup roleplay and alternative queer culture), high art, and homage: a living, breathing tribute in leather and neoprene to historical creativity and gender defiance. #RosaBonheur #GenderNonconforming #PuppyPlay #QueerArt #MuseumALT #ArtHistory #Animalier #AltFashion #NeopreneHood #QueerVisibility
The Horse Fair Rosa Bonheur French 1852–55 On view at The Met Fifth Avenue in Gallery 812 This, Bonheur’s best-known painting, shows the horse market held in Paris on the tree-lined Boulevard de l’Hôpital, near the asylum of Salpêtrière, which is visible in the left background. For a year and a half Bonheur sketched there twice a week, dressing as a man to discourage attention. Bonheur was well established as an animal painter when the painting debuted at the Paris Salon of 1853, where it received wide praise. In arriving at the final scheme, the artist drew inspiration from George Stubbs, Théodore Gericault, Eugène Delacroix, and ancient Greek sculpture: she referred to The Horse Fair as her own "Parthenon frieze." https://www.metmuseum.org/art/collection/search/435702
Paying homage to a print of equines by the legendary artist Rosa Bonheur, who wore men’s dress, lived independently, and became one of the most acclaimed women artists of her era, specializing in animalier realism.
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Absolutely an amazing exhibition. To be in the presence of creative tokens left by our queer forebears was a palpable feeling.
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“The First Homosexuals: The Birth of a New Identity, 1869-1939”
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This queer art history lesson is so layered, complex, loving, coded, it stings the eyes with each artworks story.
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A Revelation of an Exhibit…..so many Museums were afraid to present this show. Bravo Wrightwood 659
Desde el Museo Gregorio Prieto, cuatro obras del artista han viajado a Chicago para la exposición #TheFirstHomosexuals en #Wrightwood659 ✈️ 🏳️🌈 #GregorioPrieto
Cuatro obras de Gregorio Prieto formarán parte de la exposición #TheFirstHomosexuals en el museo #Wrightwood659 de #Chicago Un reconocimiento internacional a su legado en la historia del arte y la construcción de identidades.
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Art after the word "homosexual" was coined-- READ THE PREVIEW
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Exciting news! A 1st-century Roman statue of Athena has recently been acquired and will be unveiled to the public for the first time in over two centuries! Come and see it at Chicago’s Wrightwood 659 starting January 25th. . #ArtAcquisition #AncientArt #ChicagoArt #Wrightwood659 #AthenaStatue
