Queer art - from life to fiction and in-between

Set in Renaissance-era Florence, Phil Melanson's ravishing first novel reimagines the intersecting lives of three ambitious young men―a banker, a priest, and a gay painter named Leonardo. Brash and breathtaking, this lush historical drama explores the dangerous pursuit of artistic and political achievement―especially at a time when “florenzers,” or gay men such as Leonardo, were often persecuted.

Join us on Wednesday 8th July as we celebrate Florenzer with what promises to be a properly delightful conversation between the author and our chair, novelist and poet Andrés Ordorica. Tickets are here!

Phil Melanson's take on a 12-year old Leonardo DaVinci set us off remembering all our favourite books celebrating queer visual artists - in novels, essays, memoirs and everything in-between. These are some of them!