Painting of naked nymphs removed from Manchester Art Gallery The gallery's curator of contemporary art says it is not about censorship, but the aim is to provoke debate.pic.twitter.com/Da0UiF9ctq
Trigger warning: objectification of the male body by the female gaze. ('The Naiad' by John William Waterhouse, 1893). Fortunately it's in a private collection, so need not be removed from a museum's wall to spare the delicate sensibilities of today's viewers.pic.twitter.com/57tG5qeL9D
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Guess they succeeded...
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Interesting that we really have become Victorians,now rating art by its moral purpose.Come back Oscar Wilde, all is forgiven.
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You're an idiot.
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Why so?
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Hmm. Which one is less covered up? I posit this painting was still for the male gaze...
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That isn't what it depicts though.
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I had just better leave satyr and nymph by Bouguereau alone
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I can't believe a man had the audacity to draw a 'Waman'.
#MeToo
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