“Newly Discovered LGBTQ Secrets of the Met” highlights newly researched intriguing examples of the Met’s closely guarded homoerotica.

Lear will decipher the meanings of symbols, poses, and context while telling you the low-down on what’s really going on. For Lear’s peerless insights on just one of the works in the Met’s unrivaled collection, visit The Gay and Lesbian Review. Famous artists and subjects appear, but so do lesser-known artists and works whose homoerotic charge is often ignored.

During this two-hour private tour, you learn the answers to these and other intriguing questions:

• Why are the penises of Greek statues undersized?
• Why do lace and feathers adorn male aristocrats?
• Were these men really straight?
• Why is Sappho shown seizing her breast?

These private, two-hour explorations of homoerotic treasures from the permanent collection of the Metropolitan Museum of Art highlight different masterpieces with backstories of particular interest to an LGBTQ audience.