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Portraits, American -- 19th century

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National Portrait Gallery: Hide/Seek: Difference and Desire in American Portraiture

This exhibition from the National Portrait Gallery examines attitudes towards sexuality and difference in American art from the late 19th century to the present. Some of the artists in the show are homosexual; some are heterosexual; and the sexuality of the subjects of the works varies as well. As one of the curators, Jonathan Katz, says, "it's impossible ... to weed gay from straight in the...

https://npg.si.edu/exhibition/hideseek-difference-and-desire...