“At the museum, the issues of of same-sex relationships, the artists’ identity politics, and the persecution that they suffered in some cases hadn’t been properly explored or teased out across the collection, except in some specific examples, like Matteo Bonuccelli’s Sleeping Hermaphrodite or José de Ribera’s Maddalena Ventura,” the exhibition’s curators told artnet News. Navarro, explores how understanding and tolerance towards these stories of love and friendship have changed throughout the centuries, explored through the lens of artworks ranging from the Greek sculpture of Orestes and Pylades by the School of Praxiteles, to Caravaggio’s David with the Head of Goliath and El Maricón de la Tía Gila by Goya. The show, co-curated by the Prado’s Álvaro Perdices and Carlos G. From left to right: Álvaro Perdices, the show’s co-curator Jaime de los Santos, director of the Oficina de Cultura y Turismo de la Comunidad de Madrid Miguel Falomir, director of the Museo del Prado Carlos G.
