Sailors and Floosies: Sexuality and Queer Identity in American Art
Thurs, June 25, 2015
7 pm
Paul Cadmus, Sailors and Floosies, 1938. Oil and tempera on linen mounted on composition board, with wood frame, 33 11/16 × 48 1/2 in. (85.6 × 123.2 cm). Whitney Museum of American Art, New York; gift of Malcolm S. Forbes 64.42a–b Art © Jon F. Anderson, Estate of Paul Cadmus / Licensed by VAGA, New York, N.Y.
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Floor Eight
Celebrate Pride with the Whitney. Join us for Sailors and Floosies: Sexuality and Queer Identity in American Art, a new tour exploring gender, sexuality, and LGBTQ perspectives in America Is Hard to See, our unprecedented inaugural display of the Whitney’s permanent collection.
Pride Week:
June 25, 7 pm
June 26, 7:30 pm
June 27–28, 4 pm
Summer Nights:
July 16, 7:30 pm
August 20, 7:30 pm
September 24, 7:30 pm*
*On September 24, this tour meets on Floor Seven
Tours are free with Museum admission; no RSVP is required.
