Spring - Apollo and Animals (1929) by J.C. Leyendecker Size:13x18 cm / 5x7″ DOUBLE KISS (2024) by Matt

DOUBLE KISS (2024) by Matt Gold blurs the line between intimacy and distortion

turns a cigarette into theatre: all gloves

vibrant chimp brought to life in bold rainbow hues

Painted around 1899

"Pink Serenity" speaks volumes through simplicity

Spring - Apollo and Animals (1929) by J.C. Leyendecker Size:13x18 cm / 5x7″ DOUBLE KISS (2024) by MattSpring Apollo and Animals (1929), turns the season into a mythic male fantasy. Created as the March 30, 1929 cover for The Saturday Evening Post, it shows a golden, Apollo like figure surrounded by blossoms, lyre, butterfly, frog, rabbit and deer. No known sitter or lover is attached; the charge is symbolic. Classical myth gives Leyendecker permission to stage male beauty as fertility, rebirth and theatrical display spring, but make it shamelessly