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Chloë Sevigny by Nadia Lee Cohen

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Imane Khelif for Vogue Arabia, photographed by Tarek Mawad

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The Pleasure Principle (Portrait of Edward James), Rene Magritte, 1937

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tommy + gun holster

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Three construction workers are hoisted atop a steel beam as they give the photographer a wave, 1930. The building located behind the three workers is the Benjamin Hotel; adjacent to the hotel was the Loew's Theatre, known today as the Hilton Double-Tree.

Photo: Waldorf-Astoria

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J.C. Leyendecker

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Rain Coat by Andrew Wun Silk Mix Jaquard and Embossed Taffeta. Hand Beaded with over 30000 Swarovski Clear Crystals.

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Menswear modelled by Black Men

Creative Director Rock Mitchell

Credit: BLK Culture@blkculture_ via Rock Mitchell (@rockmitchell)

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Nathan Gombert - Ballet National de Marseille - photo by Aytekin Yalçın

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Marcin Ryczek: Man Feeding Swans (2013)

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Francisco Goya - Boy Staring at an Apparition, (1824–25)

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Untitled (Whelan's Drugstore, New York), 1944. Brett Weston. Silver Gelatin.

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Rinko Kawauchi (Japanese, b. 1972)

Aila #95, 2004

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dove, fox and stork embroidery scissors by Jean-Marie Roulot

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Selected Works from Henry Scott Tuke

Henry Scott Tuke was an English painter renowned for his maritime scenes and depictions of young men, often in a naturalistic and intimate style. There is something nostalgic about many of Tuke's works — his vibrant use of color and light perfectly captures the idyllic and carefree essence of youth.

In his personal and professional life, Tuke met and befriended many fellow artists such as John Singer Sargent, and talented poets, including Oscar Wilde and John Addington Symonds. He traveled often in circles with other Uranian — the term in use at the time for gay men — artists. While Tuke's art prominently features nude young men, his works aren't sexually explicit. Most of his works show young men in the foreground but the star is clearly the sea.

Tuke's legacy is celebrated for its artistic merit and its subtle challenge to the conventions of his time, particularly posthumously. Around the 1970s, his body of work was rediscovered by gay artists, art collectors, and art historians — including Sir Elton John!

You can find these works and more in our gallery!

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Gerard DuBois, Serpents