Join a staff-led gallery talk with a focus on two works by LGBTQ+ artists represented in SAAM’s collection. Compare George Tooker’s enigmatic painting The Waiting Room (1959) with the mysterious narrative that unfolds in Night in Bologna (1958) by Paul Cadmus. This tour is offered as part of World Pride events.
Image credit: Paul Cadmus, Night in Bologna, 1958, egg tempera on fiberboard, 50 3/4 x 35 in. (129.0 x 89.0 cm), Smithsonian American Art Museum, Gift of the Sara Roby Foundation, 1986.6.87