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7 Striking Photos from the Gay Gotham Exhibition

nycgo.com staff 12/20/2016Updated 3/8/2019

Through February 28, 2017, Gay Gotham: Art and Underground Culture in New York at the Museum of the City of New York features paintings, photos and other pieces by artists whose work reflects the experience of LGBT New Yorkers throughout the 20th century—along with letters and artifacts that offer peeks into their lives. Here are some of our favorites; check out the show to find yours.

Young men voguing at House of Jourdan Ball, 1989

Photo: © Chantal Regnault

Young men voguing at House of Jourdan Ball, 1989

Two men in Bryant Park, 1960s

Collection of Philip Aarons and Shelley Fox Aarons, New York

Two men in Bryant Park, 1960s

Invitation to Shazork!!!! at Danceteria, late 1980s

Museum of the City of New York, Gift of Carrie Goteiner and Miriam Montaug Ashkenaz in memory of Haoui Montaug

Invitation to Shazork!!!! at Danceteria, late 1980s

Andy Warhol and Candy Darling, 1969

© The Cecil Beaton Studio Archive at Sotheby’s

Andy Warhol and Candy Darling, 1969

“Kissing Doesn’t Kill: Greed and Indifference Do,” 1989

Courtesy, The New York Public Library Manuscripts and Archives Division

“Kissing Doesn’t Kill: Greed and Indifference Do,” 1989

Anna May Wong, 1932

Museum of the City of New York, Gift of Carl Van Vechten. Used with permission of The Van Vechten Trust

Anna May Wong, 1932

Lois Weaver, Peggy Shaw and Deb Margolin, 1984

Courtesy, Eva Weiss

Lois Weaver, Peggy Shaw and Deb Margolin, 1984