Manchester Art Gallery removes naked nymphs painting to 'prompt conversation'

[TheTalon]

And on the other hand, curators rushed to put a pineapple in a display case because they thought it was an art piece when students left it on the floor as a joke. What do they know?

Art is just all over the place. From great pieces by Rembrandt to complete and utter bullshit like dry humping the air so a stick attached to your dick hits a pole

Nothing in the world of art today means anything to me anymore. It just boils down to face value and whether I like it or not. I've given up looking beyond that. We're at a point now where the absence of art has become the discussion, and I guarantee you someone will come by and make the argument that THAT is art

[Bertie]

[QUOTE]The removal itself is an artistic act [/QUOTE]

This is the shit that really bothers me. Every little fart made nowadays is an "artistic act" if you just call it that.

[Harakiwi]

[URL="http://www.bbc.com/news/entertainment-arts-42917974"]It's back[/URL]

[RasmusG5]

Arent old paintings containing naked women just old porn? And art galleries are places to jack off

[ScottyWired]

[QUOTE=RasmusG5;53104661]Arent old paintings containing naked women just old porn? And art galleries are places to jack off[/QUOTE]

Security didn't like that

[inaba]

[QUOTE=duckmaster;53102715]All I see is a blatant publicity stunt trying to capitalize on a popular trend.[/QUOTE]

Or rather outrage, as some people in this thread have already managed to prove

[RedDagger]

[img]https://ichef-1.bbci.co.uk/news/624/cpsprodpb/13A46/production/_99845408_img_2023.jpg[/img]

seems like a pretty successful bit of performance art tbh

[Sims_doc]

What a golden age of censorship we live in.

[Tuskin]

[QUOTE=Sims_doc;53104906]What a golden age of censorship we live in.[/QUOTE]

Someone didn't read the article.

[RedDagger]

[QUOTE=Tuskin;53104910]Someone didn't read the article.[/QUOTE]

If there's one thing I've learned from comments on news stories, no matter the forum, 90% of people won't read past the headline.

[paramud]

[QUOTE=Harakiwi;53104653][URL="http://www.bbc.com/news/entertainment-arts-42917974"]It's back[/URL][/QUOTE]

So, the painting is back, nothing has changed, but now the museum has gotten more exposure. Sounds like a familiar marketing tactic but the name escapes me.

[inaba]

[QUOTE=Paramud;53105157]So, the painting is back, nothing has changed, but now the museum has gotten more exposure. Sounds like a familiar marketing tactic but the name escapes me.[/QUOTE]

It's amazing how using peoples outrage over supposed outrage as marketing works so well

[Fulgrim]

I love how using outrage to boost publicity isn't something that just the edgy ~non-pc~ crowd can get away with now.

If you do something that could even slightly be mistaken as being done [b]for[/b] political correctness then you get the same reaction you would once have gotten if you put out something intentionally offensive in order to stir up controversy.

I will never not find "Everyone is so easily offended and that offends me" anything short of hilarious.