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Penises and Pompadours: The Erotic Art of Franz von Bayros

October 19, 2011 by

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Decadent! Erotic! Phantasmagoric! Fin-de-siècle grotesqueries! Gents and ladies disporting themselves, occasionally with a zealous attention by attending friends from the animal kingdom! The provocative work of Austrian artist Franz von Bayros (1866-1924) garnered all of these responses, though simple outrage was no doubt the most prevalent. (Lot 53) Erzählungen am Toilettentische von Choisy Le Conin, […]

Museum of Queer History Pops Up in Soho

August 9, 2011 by

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Stay out of the summer heat at the Pop-Up Museum of Queer History, which has kicked off its August show titled Pop-Up Soho. The Pop-Up Museum of Queer History is a grassroots organization that transforms spaces into temporary installations celebrating the rich, long, and largely unknown histories of lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender people. More […]