Talk: ‘Sainthood & Gender Variance in the Middle Ages’, with Roland Betancourt at The Met Cloisters, 14 January 2026, 6-7 pm (EST)

Wednesday, January 14, 2026, 6–7 pm (EST), The Met Cloisters, Romanesque Hall

Roland Betancourt, Andrew W. Mellon Professor, Center for Advanced Study in the Visual Arts, National Gallery of Art and Chancellor’s Professor, Department of Art History, University of California, Irvine.

Join scholar Roland Betancourt for a talk on how depictions of holy persons in medieval art complicate ideas of gender across both the western European world and the Byzantine Empire. Discover how works of religious art reflect the ways in which medieval thinkers explored gender in their writings to contemplate both spiritual matters and lived realities.

Presented in conjunction with the exhibition Spectrum of Desire: Love, Sex, and Gender in the Middle Ages.

Free, though advance registration is required. Please note: Space is limited; first come, first served.

Find out more about the event on the MET website.