Shady Ladies Tour of the Philadelphia Museum of Art

Professor Andrew Lear is a world-renowned expert on sexuality in art and the author of the best-known book on sexuality in Greek vase-painting.  He is the founder of Oscar Wilde Tours, the gay history tour company, and Shady Ladies Tours, the woman's history tour company.

Andrew Lear

Learn about the women of the Philadelphia Museum of Art—the powerful, the fashionable, the shady—on this fun and interesting Zoom tour.

The Philadelphia Museum of Art has a wonderful collection, and it has a great selection of works about women. A walk through the museum reveals all of the Shady Ladies Tours’ themes: there are “Nasty” (i.e. powerful, ambitious) women, great examples of fashion, sexy secrets, and above all a number of works on the original Shady Ladies theme—courtesans and royal mistresses. In this fun and interesting 75 minute Zoom tour, we will see and learn about:<ul><li>Works by early women artist like Judith Leyster and Anna Claypoole Peale</li><li>The feminist meaning of Mary Cassatt’s paintings</li><li>The greatest salonnière of 19th century Paris</li><li>The inventor of the French cancan</li><li>The importance of courtesans in Belle Epoque society</li><li>The sexy side of Dutch Golden Age painting</li><li>The last royal mistress of the Ancien Régime</li></ul>And much more!FAQsWhen will the Zoom invite come?The Zoom invite will be sent to your email address 24 hrs before the event, followed by subsequent reminder emails that will include the Zoom link. Please check your spam and social folders if you do not see it in your inbox. If you do not receive a Zoom invitation by 1hr before the event please get in contact with us.What time zone is the event scheduled in?The event is scheduled for 2pm Eastern Daylight Time (i.e. New York time). You can watch it in any time zone but please adjust to the time zone you are in.Will the event be recorded and available to view later?Yes the event will be recorded, please get in touch with us on an individual basis.

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