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Australian artists, politicians debate nude teen photos; police - International Herald Tribune
SYDNEY, Australia : A debate over censorship versus art raged in Australia on Wednesday, nearly a week after police shut down an exhibit by a leading Australian photographer and confiscated portraits of nude teenagers. The exhibit by Bill Henson was
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Great American Nude - Forbes
The resounding success of New York’s spring contemporary art auctions have momentarily allayed fears that the art market is in trouble. Christie’s and Sotheby’s both posted their highest totals ever and announced record-breaking prices for many of
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Controversial William Etty painting on display after 150 years - Times Online
A painting that outraged many Victorian critics because of its nude figures has been restored, thanks to six years of work by Manchester Art Gallery. It was more than 150 years since William Etty’s T he Sirens and Ulysses was put into storage, too
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Cate Blanchett joins art censorship row in Australia - Daily Telegraph
Officers scoured the National Gallery of Australia in Canberra in search of works by controversial photographer Bill Henson, one of the country’s most acclaimed and successful artists. An exhibition of his pictures in Sydney was closed down last week
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Egg and lemon - Economist.com
CHRISTIE’S British art week brings together some of the most famous artists of the mid-20th century: L.S. Lowry, John Piper, Graham Sutherland and two formidable dames, Barbara Hepworth and Elizabeth Frink. But the name that is likely to cause the
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Blanchett backs Australian artist over nude adolescent photos - Guardian Unlimited
Leading Australian writers and artists, including the Oscar-winning actor Cate Blanchett, have defended a photographer facing prosecution for his pictures of naked adolescents. Bill Henson’s photographs of a nude 12- and 13-year-old boy and girl had
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Art of questioning ourselves - News.com.au
Which is an odd representation right there, because 15-year-olds don’t drive. But it gets more absurd. In the ad, I appear as a naked silhouette. Naked, 15 years old and selling Holden Commodores to the masses. Oh yes. But, oh no, it gets even worse
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