Queer Belgian Art 1400-1950

From Rubens to Rops and Ensor alongside lesser-known artists, this catalog traces five centuries of same-gender intimacy, gender fluidity, hidden codes and untold queer stories in Belgian art history.

Queer Belgian Art 1400–1950, the catalog of the namesake exhibition at Ghent's Museum of Fine Art, is the first book to intensely explore art from the Southern Netherlands and Belgium through an LGBTQIA+ lens. Drawing on four years of research, the exhibition brings together 150 works from over...