Explore the visual symbols and language used by LGBTQ+ artists and communities to suggest hidden identities. Oscar Wilde and his circle famously wore a green carnation as a signifier of their identities. These flowers are just one example of the many visual symbols throughout history, which hinted at secret sexualities and identities that had been hidden. So what other coded symbols can we find in the history of queer art? How did today's artist reference and re-use them? And how have hidden symbols transitioned to a wider and more expressive queer visual language?

Art, it turns out, is filled with love and heartbreak. The artistic process itself, most readily available to the artist, is often the means by which they deal with romantic turmoil. But why do they do it? Why expose oneself so fully to potential trauma? Let's take a look at the ways that artists have dealt with love over the years, in all, its ecstatic, often messy forms.