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No offense but I would die for Waltraud Meier.

The Forerunner (1894) by Eugène Trigoulet

Few operatic images are as instantly iconic as this portrait of Birgit Nilsson in Cecil Beaton's dazzling costume for Turandot. Beaton's extraordinary designs transformed Puccini's icy princess into a vision of imperial splendour, while Nilsson's blazing voice and commanding stage presence gave the character an unmatched sense of power, mystery, and grandeur. Together, they created one of the defining visual and musical partnerships in twentieth-century opera, a performance that continues to set the standard against which every Turandot is measured.

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Clarice Lispector’s law school graduation by the University of Rio de Janeiro, 1943.

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Franz Lippisch (German, 1859–1941), Der Flösser Tod [The Raftsman Death], 1897. Oil and tempera on canvas, 78 x 153 cm.

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George Thomas Georgiadis - Young Man on the Sofa in a Moment of Relaxation

Oil on canvas

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At the age of 93, Duane Michals (February 18, 1932 – June 9, 2026) created this photographic triptych “Do You Mind if I Sit Here?" for the New York Times, a reflection on gay cruising and the pain of being closeted.

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James Dean photographed by Sanford Roth, at the Santa Monica Pier, 1955.

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Larry Rivers (American) - The Greatest Homosexual, c.1964 Oil, collage, graphite and coloured pencil on canvas 203.2 x 154.9 cm Hirschhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden, Smithsonian, Washington DC. The painting depicts the gay poet Frank O’Hara in a pose based on Jacques-Louis David’s portrait of Napoleon in his Study.