Mapping the Queer Landscape of Medieval Europe

A new exhibition at The Met Cloisters makes the case that gender and sexual fluidity were an essential part of Medieval religious art.

Mapping the Queer Landscape of Medieval Europe
Installation view of Spectrum of Desire: Love, Sex, and Gender in the Middle Ages at The Met Cloisters showing a sculpture of Saint Sebastian (Northern Europe, late 15th century) (all photos Emma Cieslik/Hyperallergic)