Editing John Singer Sargent (section)

==In popular culture==
In 2018, [[Comedy Central]] star [[Jade Esteban Estrada]] wrote, directed, and starred in ''Madame X: A Burlesque Fantasy'', a stage production (premiered in San Antonio, Texas) based on the life of Sargent and his famous painting, ''[[Portrait of Madame X]]''.<ref>{{cite web |url= https://theovertimetheater.org/madame-x-a-burlesque-fantasy/ |title=''Madame X: A Burlesque Fantasy'' |work=TheOvertimeTheatre.org |location=San Antonio, Texas |publisher=Overtime Theater}}</ref>

The works of Sargent feature prominently in [[Maggie Stiefvater|Maggie Stiefvater's]] 2021 novel ''Mister Impossible''.

In 2024, Exhibition on Screen produced a documentary ''John Singer Sargent: Fashion & Swagger'', filmed at the [[Museum of Fine Arts, Boston]] and the [[Tate Britain]], London.<ref>[https://www.theguardian.com/film/2024/apr/15/john-singer-sargent-fashion-swagger-review-exhibition-on-screen "John Singer Sargent: Fashion & Swagger review – exploring the artist’s work in style".]</ref> It was based on the Sargent and fashion exhibits at those two museums in 2023 and 2024.

On July 13, 2024, the [[Des Moines Metro Opera]] premiered Damien Geter and Lila Palmer's "American Apollo," an opera about John Singer Sargent's supposed affair with Thomas McKeller (1890&ndash;1962),<ref>''Boston's Apollo: Thomas McKeller and John Singer Sargent, February 13 – October 12, 2020, Hostetter Gallery, Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum''  https://www.gardnermuseum.org/calendar/exhibition/bostons-apollo</ref> one of his favorite models.<ref>''American Apollo'' https://desmoinesmetroopera.org/productions/americanapollo/</ref>