{"id":51445,"date":"2026-02-25T01:28:00","date_gmt":"2026-02-25T00:28:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ket.brussels\/?p=51445"},"modified":"2026-02-20T12:56:42","modified_gmt":"2026-02-20T11:56:42","slug":"the-first-homosexuals-queer-origins-on-view-at-kunstmuseum-basel","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ket.brussels\/fr\/2026\/02\/25\/the-first-homosexuals-queer-origins-on-view-at-kunstmuseum-basel\/","title":{"rendered":"The First Homosexuals: Queer Origins on View at Kunstmuseum Basel"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>For anyone interested in LGBTQIA+ history, queer art and how our identities were first imagined,\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/thefirsthomosexuals\/\" type=\"link\" id=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/thefirsthomosexuals\/\">\u201cThe First Homosexuals\u201d\u00a0at\u00a0Kunstmuseum Basel\u00a0is a must\u2011see<\/a>. The exhibition traces how same\u2011sex desire and gender diversity became visible in art from the late 19th to the early 20th century, around the moment when the word\u00a0\u201chomosexual\u201d\u00a0first appeared in print in 1869.<\/strong><a href=\"https:\/\/varia.be\/programme\/2025-2026\/massie-mucedda-aka-blanket-la-goulue\/chauve\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><\/a>\u200b<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"how-a-word-created-a-minority\">How a word created a minority<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The show starts from the invention of the term\u00a0<em>homosexual<\/em>\u00a0in the German\u2011speaking world in\u00a0<strong>1869<\/strong>, then follows how its meaning shifted over the decades. Debates of the time swung between seeing same\u2011sex love as a universal capacity and framing \u201cthe homosexual\u201d as a distinct \u201cthird sex\u201d, before the word eventually came to describe a self\u2011aware minority.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"856\" height=\"586\" src=\"https:\/\/ket.brussels\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/Capture-decran-2026-02-20-123249.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-51446\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ket.brussels\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/Capture-decran-2026-02-20-123249.jpg 856w, https:\/\/ket.brussels\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/Capture-decran-2026-02-20-123249-300x205.jpg 300w, https:\/\/ket.brussels\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/Capture-decran-2026-02-20-123249-768x526.jpg 768w, https:\/\/ket.brussels\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/Capture-decran-2026-02-20-123249-18x12.jpg 18w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 856px) 100vw, 856px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><em>Ludwig von Hofmann, Nackte Schiffer (Fischer) und Knaben am gr\u00fcnen Gestade (Naked Boatmen (Fishermen) and Boys on the Green Shore), c. 1900, Oil on canvas, Museum der Bildenden K\u00fcnste Leipzig.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Artists responded in ways that were intimate, subversive and often coded. They portrayed friends and lovers, everyday scenes of couples, and playful reversals of gender roles. In an era with few words for queer lives, art became a&nbsp;<strong>safe, experimental space<\/strong>&nbsp;to express non\u2011normative desires and subjectivities.<a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/varia.be\/programme\/2025-2026\/massie-mucedda-aka-blanket-la-goulue\/chauve\"><\/a>\u200b<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"inside-the-exhibition\">Inside the exhibition<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Bringing together around&nbsp;<strong>100 paintings, photographs, works on paper and sculptures<\/strong>,&nbsp;<em>The First Homosexuals<\/em>&nbsp;is organised in thematic sections that highlight:<a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/varia.be\/programme\/2025-2026\/massie-mucedda-aka-blanket-la-goulue\/chauve\"><\/a>\u200b<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>queer social networks and intimate portraits,<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>desire encoded in composition, pose and gaze,<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>the evolution of the nude as ideas about sexuality changed,<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>friendship, myth and classical motifs used as queer codes.<a href=\"https:\/\/varia.be\/programme\/2025-2026\/massie-mucedda-aka-blanket-la-goulue\/chauve\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><\/a>\u200b<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The exhibition goes beyond Europe, showing how many European artists projected same\u2011sex desire onto colonised territories \u2013 and how artists from other regions resisted or rewrote these narratives. It offers both an\u00a0<strong>art history of queer modernity<\/strong>\u00a0and a cultural history of early LGBTQIA+ communities.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"850\" height=\"622\" src=\"https:\/\/ket.brussels\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/Capture-decran-2026-02-20-123203.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-51447\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ket.brussels\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/Capture-decran-2026-02-20-123203.jpg 850w, https:\/\/ket.brussels\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/Capture-decran-2026-02-20-123203-300x220.jpg 300w, https:\/\/ket.brussels\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/Capture-decran-2026-02-20-123203-768x562.jpg 768w, https:\/\/ket.brussels\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/Capture-decran-2026-02-20-123203-16x12.jpg 16w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 850px) 100vw, 850px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><em>David Paynter, L\u2019Apr\u00e8s-midi, c. 1935, Oil on canvas. Brighton &amp; Hove Museums, gift from Colonel R.J.C. Wilkinson, 1965.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Curated by art historian\u00a0<strong>Jonathan D. Katz<\/strong>, the Basel version adapts a project first shown at Wrightwood 659 in Chicago, expanding it with international loans and works from the Kunstmuseum\u2019s own collection. A substantial catalogue published by\u00a0<strong>Monacelli Press<\/strong>\u00a0features 22 essays, each focused on a different region of the world \u2013 from Japan and Australia to Indigenous communities in South America.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"675\" height=\"805\" src=\"https:\/\/ket.brussels\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/Capture-decran-2026-02-20-124315.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-51448\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ket.brussels\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/Capture-decran-2026-02-20-124315.jpg 675w, https:\/\/ket.brussels\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/Capture-decran-2026-02-20-124315-252x300.jpg 252w, https:\/\/ket.brussels\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/Capture-decran-2026-02-20-124315-10x12.jpg 10w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 675px) 100vw, 675px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><em>Image: Bertha Wegmann, Portrait of the Swedish Painter Jeanna Bauck, 1887, Oil on panel, 49.2 x 31.5 cm, The Hirschsprung Collection.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"why-it-matters-now\">Why it matters now<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">In a time when queer and trans lives are again under attack,&nbsp;<em>The First Homosexuals<\/em>&nbsp;reminds us that&nbsp;<strong>LGBTQIA+ presence has a long, complex visual history<\/strong>. The show makes clear that our identities were not invented in the late 20th century; they were slowly shaped through images, texts and communities long before the acronym existed. For visitors from Brussels and beyond, it is a rare chance to see how&nbsp;<strong>queer visibility, colonial histories and modern art<\/strong>&nbsp;intersect on a global scale.<a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/varia.be\/programme\/2025-2026\/massie-mucedda-aka-blanket-la-goulue\/chauve\"><\/a>\u200b<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"practical-info--links\">Practical info &amp; links<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">For up\u2011to\u2011date details on dates, tickets and opening hours, check the museum website:<br>\ud83d\udc49&nbsp;<strong>Kunstmuseum Basel \u2013 \u201cThe First Homosexuals\u201d<\/strong>:&nbsp;<a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/kunstmuseumbasel.ch\/en\/exhibitions\/2026\/the-first-homosexuals\">https:\/\/kunstmuseumbasel.ch\/en\/exhibitions\/2026\/the-first-homosexuals<\/a><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/varia.be\/programme\/2025-2026\/massie-mucedda-aka-blanket-la-goulue\/chauve\"><\/a>\u200b<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The exhibition is supported <a href=\"https:\/\/www.alphawoodfoundation.org\/\" type=\"link\" id=\"https:\/\/www.alphawoodfoundation.org\/\">by the\u00a0<strong>Alphawood Foundation Chicago<\/strong><\/a>, which funds projects for a more just and equitable society.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong><em>KET Magazine is a community\u2011driven, non\u2011profit magazine run by volunteers based in Brussels. Get in touch to share your thoughts or tell us about your activities. You can also promote your events on our website or support our work with a donation. Contact us at\u00a0<a href=\"mailto:Info@ket.brussels\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Info@ket.brussels<\/a>.<\/em><\/strong><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>For anyone interested in LGBTQIA+ history, queer art and how our identities were first imagined,\u00a0\u201cThe<\/p>","protected":false},"author":29,"featured_media":51446,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2434,25,26,1131],"tags":[78,72,3006,3007,3004,73,64,67,3009,61,3010,3008,3005],"series":[],"class_list":["post-51445","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-city-trip","category-culture","category-exhibition","category-international","tag-community","tag-gay","tag-homosexuality-in-19th-century-art","tag-jonathan-d-katz-curator","tag-kunstmuseum-basel-queer-art","tag-lesbian","tag-lgbt","tag-lgbtqia","tag-lgbtqia-art-history-europe","tag-queer","tag-queer-exhibition-2026","tag-queer-modernity-in-art","tag-the-first-homosexuals-exhibition"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v20.3 (Yoast SEO v27.7) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-premium-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>The First Homosexuals: Queer Origins on View at Kunstmuseum Basel -<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"\/fr\/https:\/\/ket.brussels\/fr\/2026\/02\/25\/the-first-homosexuals-queer-origins-on-view-at-kunstmuseum-basel\/\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"The First Homosexuals: Queer Origins on View at Kunstmuseum Basel\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"For anyone interested in LGBTQIA+ history, queer art and how our identities were first imagined,\u00a0\u201cThe\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"\/fr\/https:\/\/ket.brussels\/fr\/2026\/02\/25\/the-first-homosexuals-queer-origins-on-view-at-kunstmuseum-basel\/\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:publisher\" content=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/KetMagazine\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2026-02-25T00:28:00+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/ket.brussels\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/Capture-decran-2026-02-20-123249.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"856\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"586\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"Julian Mercer\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"Julian Mercer\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"4 minutes\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\\\/\\\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/ket.brussels\\\/fr\\\/2026\\\/02\\\/25\\\/the-first-homosexuals-queer-origins-on-view-at-kunstmuseum-basel\\\/#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/ket.brussels\\\/fr\\\/2026\\\/02\\\/25\\\/the-first-homosexuals-queer-origins-on-view-at-kunstmuseum-basel\\\/\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"Julian Mercer\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/ket.brussels\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/213f478ff49446d7b43fc268a9848dfd\"},\"headline\":\"The First Homosexuals: Queer Origins on View at Kunstmuseum Basel\",\"datePublished\":\"2026-02-25T00:28:00+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/ket.brussels\\\/fr\\\/2026\\\/02\\\/25\\\/the-first-homosexuals-queer-origins-on-view-at-kunstmuseum-basel\\\/\"},\"wordCount\":608,\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/ket.brussels\\\/#organization\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/ket.brussels\\\/fr\\\/2026\\\/02\\\/25\\\/the-first-homosexuals-queer-origins-on-view-at-kunstmuseum-basel\\\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/ket.brussels\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2026\\\/02\\\/Capture-decran-2026-02-20-123249.jpg\",\"keywords\":[\"community\",\"gay\",\"homosexuality in 19th\u2011century art\",\"Jonathan D. 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