NGV Queer Exhibition

The exhibition occupies the entire third floor of the NGV

Drag queen Felicia Foxx modelled Paul McCann's gown at Australian Fashion Week.

This gown was worn by Leigh Bowery to the Met in New York in 1993

This digital drawing by Dylan Mooney comes from the “Queer, Blak & Here” series which features young male couples in moonlit tender embraces.

What queer exhibition is complete without Kylie? In this picture she is performing at the Sydney Gay and Lesbian Mardi Gras.

The corset was designed by Jean Paul Gaultier and worn by Madonna

This intimate scene from an Iranian bathhouse was taken by Hoda Afshar, an Iranian-born photographer, now based in Melbourne. A group of gay men invited her into a traditional bathhouse in Iran to document what she saw.

The homoerotic nature of William Mulready's paintings, combined with details contained in letters from his wife, suggest the artist was gay or bisexual.

Apollo (from which this site takes its name) is a key figure in the gay story due many male lovers. In this etching by Saloman Gessner, Apollo is shown next to the mythical python, the guardian serpent that guarded the Oracle at Delphi, which Apollo has just slain.