Panneau Décoratif: allégorie Du Printemps (1902) by Louise Abbéma Otter_Artwork Held by the Isabella Stewart

Held by the Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum

glinting from his lobe

The phrase "Queer Magic" is bold and empowering

Blocks of deep red and warm cream create a retro graphic poster that feels like a still from an old Hollywood dressing room

This collage honours the trans community

Panneau Décoratif: allégorie Du Printemps (1902) by Louise Abbéma Otter_Artwork Held by the Isabella StewartLouise Abbmas Panneau Dcoratif: Allgorie du Printemps (1902) turns spring into a soft, flower drenched apparition. Held by the Muse dOrsay, this oil on canvas shows an allegorical young woman framed by blossoms, gauze and a garden arch: less portrait than season made flesh. No known lover or sitter is attached; the queer charge sits with Abbma herself. A celebrated Belle poque painter, decorator and portraitist, she lived openly as a lesbian and built