Under cover: the artist adding queerness to early American advertising

In a New York exhibition, the striking work of commercial artist JC Leyendecker shows homoerotism in early 20th century adverts“The ability of men to gaze at each other, which Leyendecker depicts, is very of his time. It’s very emblematic of what Bruce Weber does for Banana Republic, or advertising agencies for Abercromie & Fitch, or Calvin Klein underwear ads. That’s the modern-day interpretation of Leyendecker.”Curator Donald Albrecht is telling me about the new exh