Art News: Monthly Round-Up
Viennese Museums strip in censorship protest, a new investigation into gender discrepancy in London's statues, and the world's first ever robot artist is detained in our monthly round-up...
October 29, 2021
Viennese Museums strip for OnlyFans in protest against censorship of the arts
Vienna’s museums were quick with their forward-thinking response to the censorship crackdown on social media platforms such as Facebook and Instagram. In a somewhat unlikely turn of events, world-class institutions like Albertina and the Leopold Museum, among others, turned to OnlyFans to display their nude artworks and artefacts. For those who may not be familiar, OnlyFans is an app where users can pay a subscription fee to access exclusive –and often sexually explicit– content from a creator. On an account set up by the city’s tourism board, users can now subscribe for a small monthly fee to view works from Egon Schiele to the 30,000-year-old stone statuette The Venus of Willendorf. Earlier this year, Albertina Museum’s new TikTok account was permanently blocked for showing works by the Japanese photographer Nobuyoshi Araki that depicted a female breast. Today, OnlyFans remains the only social network that permits depictions of nudity, becoming a refuge for some of the world’s most significant artworks... who would've thought?
London’s animal sculptures double those of women
In a recent research study conducted by Art UK, it has been found that there are double the number of sculptures of animals than that of women in London. While 21% of an estimated 1,500 monuments and sculptures in the UK’s capital are of men, only 4% represent women. Of the recorded sculptures of female sitters or dedicated to women, two depict a named woman of colour: Executive agent Noor Inayat Khan (1914–1944) and nurse Mary Seacole (1805–1881). Types of sculpture included in the project covered architectural features, statues and figures, reliefs, commemorative clock towers, fountains and road markers, and war memorials. The study was published just last week as the mayor of London, Sadiq Khan, announced a £1m fund to diversify the city’s monuments and statues.
World’s first Robot artist is detained
Ai-Da, the world’s first ultra-realistic robot artist, was detained by Egyptian security forces as she made her way to the Great Pyramid of Giza, where her latest exhibition takes place. The humanoid robot was held in customs for 10 days after concerns that the cameras in Ai-Da’s eyes were being used to spy. Ai-Da was finally released last Wednesday, hours before the Forever Is Now exhibition was due to start. The exhibition, which runs until 7th November, is the first ever to be set in the 4500-year history of the Pyramids of Giza. Ai-Da’s contribution to the sculpture at the Pyramids is a contemporary response to the Riddle of Sphinx, “What goes on four feet in the morning, two feet at noon, and three feet in the evening?”.
Viennese Museums strip for OnlyFans in protest against censorship of the arts
Vienna’s museums were quick with their forward-thinking response to the censorship crackdown on social media platforms such as Facebook and Instagram. In a somewhat unlikely turn of events, world-class institutions like Albertina and the Leopold Museum, among others, turned to OnlyFans to display their nude artworks and artefacts. For those who may not be familiar, OnlyFans is an app where users can pay a subscription fee to access exclusive –and often sexually explicit– content from a creator. On an account set up by the city’s tourism board, users can now subscribe for a small monthly fee to view works from Egon Schiele to the 30,000-year-old stone statuette The Venus of Willendorf. Earlier this year, Albertina Museum’s new TikTok account was permanently blocked for showing works by the Japanese photographer Nobuyoshi Araki that depicted a female breast. Today, OnlyFans remains the only social network that permits depictions of nudity, becoming a refuge for some of the world’s most significant artworks... who would've thought?
London’s animal sculptures double those of women
In a recent research study conducted by Art UK, it has been found that there are double the number of sculptures of animals than that of women in London. While 21% of an estimated 1,500 monuments and sculptures in the UK’s capital are of men, only 4% represent women. Of the recorded sculptures of female sitters or dedicated to women, two depict a named woman of colour: Executive agent Noor Inayat Khan (1914–1944) and nurse Mary Seacole (1805–1881). Types of sculpture included in the project covered architectural features, statues and figures, reliefs, commemorative clock towers, fountains and road markers, and war memorials. The study was published just last week as the mayor of London, Sadiq Khan, announced a £1m fund to diversify the city’s monuments and statues.
World’s first Robot artist is detained
Ai-Da, the world’s first ultra-realistic robot artist, was detained by Egyptian security forces as she made her way to the Great Pyramid of Giza, where her latest exhibition takes place. The humanoid robot was held in customs for 10 days after concerns that the cameras in Ai-Da’s eyes were being used to spy. Ai-Da was finally released last Wednesday, hours before the Forever Is Now exhibition was due to start. The exhibition, which runs until 7th November, is the first ever to be set in the 4500-year history of the Pyramids of Giza. Ai-Da’s contribution to the sculpture at the Pyramids is a contemporary response to the Riddle of Sphinx, “What goes on four feet in the morning, two feet at noon, and three feet in the evening?”.
Viennese Museums strip for OnlyFans in protest against censorship of the arts
Vienna’s museums were quick with their forward-thinking response to the censorship crackdown on social media platforms such as Facebook and Instagram. In a somewhat unlikely turn of events, world-class institutions like Albertina and the Leopold Museum, among others, turned to OnlyFans to display their nude artworks and artefacts. For those who may not be familiar, OnlyFans is an app where users can pay a subscription fee to access exclusive –and often sexually explicit– content from a creator. On an account set up by the city’s tourism board, users can now subscribe for a small monthly fee to view works from Egon Schiele to the 30,000-year-old stone statuette The Venus of Willendorf. Earlier this year, Albertina Museum’s new TikTok account was permanently blocked for showing works by the Japanese photographer Nobuyoshi Araki that depicted a female breast. Today, OnlyFans remains the only social network that permits depictions of nudity, becoming a refuge for some of the world’s most significant artworks... who would've thought?
London’s animal sculptures double those of women
In a recent research study conducted by Art UK, it has been found that there are double the number of sculptures of animals than that of women in London. While 21% of an estimated 1,500 monuments and sculptures in the UK’s capital are of men, only 4% represent women. Of the recorded sculptures of female sitters or dedicated to women, two depict a named woman of colour: Executive agent Noor Inayat Khan (1914–1944) and nurse Mary Seacole (1805–1881). Types of sculpture included in the project covered architectural features, statues and figures, reliefs, commemorative clock towers, fountains and road markers, and war memorials. The study was published just last week as the mayor of London, Sadiq Khan, announced a £1m fund to diversify the city’s monuments and statues.
World’s first Robot artist is detained
Ai-Da, the world’s first ultra-realistic robot artist, was detained by Egyptian security forces as she made her way to the Great Pyramid of Giza, where her latest exhibition takes place. The humanoid robot was held in customs for 10 days after concerns that the cameras in Ai-Da’s eyes were being used to spy. Ai-Da was finally released last Wednesday, hours before the Forever Is Now exhibition was due to start. The exhibition, which runs until 7th November, is the first ever to be set in the 4500-year history of the Pyramids of Giza. Ai-Da’s contribution to the sculpture at the Pyramids is a contemporary response to the Riddle of Sphinx, “What goes on four feet in the morning, two feet at noon, and three feet in the evening?”.
Viennese Museums strip for OnlyFans in protest against censorship of the arts
Vienna’s museums were quick with their forward-thinking response to the censorship crackdown on social media platforms such as Facebook and Instagram. In a somewhat unlikely turn of events, world-class institutions like Albertina and the Leopold Museum, among others, turned to OnlyFans to display their nude artworks and artefacts. For those who may not be familiar, OnlyFans is an app where users can pay a subscription fee to access exclusive –and often sexually explicit– content from a creator. On an account set up by the city’s tourism board, users can now subscribe for a small monthly fee to view works from Egon Schiele to the 30,000-year-old stone statuette The Venus of Willendorf. Earlier this year, Albertina Museum’s new TikTok account was permanently blocked for showing works by the Japanese photographer Nobuyoshi Araki that depicted a female breast. Today, OnlyFans remains the only social network that permits depictions of nudity, becoming a refuge for some of the world’s most significant artworks... who would've thought?
London’s animal sculptures double those of women
In a recent research study conducted by Art UK, it has been found that there are double the number of sculptures of animals than that of women in London. While 21% of an estimated 1,500 monuments and sculptures in the UK’s capital are of men, only 4% represent women. Of the recorded sculptures of female sitters or dedicated to women, two depict a named woman of colour: Executive agent Noor Inayat Khan (1914–1944) and nurse Mary Seacole (1805–1881). Types of sculpture included in the project covered architectural features, statues and figures, reliefs, commemorative clock towers, fountains and road markers, and war memorials. The study was published just last week as the mayor of London, Sadiq Khan, announced a £1m fund to diversify the city’s monuments and statues.
World’s first Robot artist is detained
Ai-Da, the world’s first ultra-realistic robot artist, was detained by Egyptian security forces as she made her way to the Great Pyramid of Giza, where her latest exhibition takes place. The humanoid robot was held in customs for 10 days after concerns that the cameras in Ai-Da’s eyes were being used to spy. Ai-Da was finally released last Wednesday, hours before the Forever Is Now exhibition was due to start. The exhibition, which runs until 7th November, is the first ever to be set in the 4500-year history of the Pyramids of Giza. Ai-Da’s contribution to the sculpture at the Pyramids is a contemporary response to the Riddle of Sphinx, “What goes on four feet in the morning, two feet at noon, and three feet in the evening?”.
Viennese Museums strip for OnlyFans in protest against censorship of the arts
Vienna’s museums were quick with their forward-thinking response to the censorship crackdown on social media platforms such as Facebook and Instagram. In a somewhat unlikely turn of events, world-class institutions like Albertina and the Leopold Museum, among others, turned to OnlyFans to display their nude artworks and artefacts. For those who may not be familiar, OnlyFans is an app where users can pay a subscription fee to access exclusive –and often sexually explicit– content from a creator. On an account set up by the city’s tourism board, users can now subscribe for a small monthly fee to view works from Egon Schiele to the 30,000-year-old stone statuette The Venus of Willendorf. Earlier this year, Albertina Museum’s new TikTok account was permanently blocked for showing works by the Japanese photographer Nobuyoshi Araki that depicted a female breast. Today, OnlyFans remains the only social network that permits depictions of nudity, becoming a refuge for some of the world’s most significant artworks... who would've thought?
London’s animal sculptures double those of women
In a recent research study conducted by Art UK, it has been found that there are double the number of sculptures of animals than that of women in London. While 21% of an estimated 1,500 monuments and sculptures in the UK’s capital are of men, only 4% represent women. Of the recorded sculptures of female sitters or dedicated to women, two depict a named woman of colour: Executive agent Noor Inayat Khan (1914–1944) and nurse Mary Seacole (1805–1881). Types of sculpture included in the project covered architectural features, statues and figures, reliefs, commemorative clock towers, fountains and road markers, and war memorials. The study was published just last week as the mayor of London, Sadiq Khan, announced a £1m fund to diversify the city’s monuments and statues.
World’s first Robot artist is detained
Ai-Da, the world’s first ultra-realistic robot artist, was detained by Egyptian security forces as she made her way to the Great Pyramid of Giza, where her latest exhibition takes place. The humanoid robot was held in customs for 10 days after concerns that the cameras in Ai-Da’s eyes were being used to spy. Ai-Da was finally released last Wednesday, hours before the Forever Is Now exhibition was due to start. The exhibition, which runs until 7th November, is the first ever to be set in the 4500-year history of the Pyramids of Giza. Ai-Da’s contribution to the sculpture at the Pyramids is a contemporary response to the Riddle of Sphinx, “What goes on four feet in the morning, two feet at noon, and three feet in the evening?”.
Viennese Museums strip for OnlyFans in protest against censorship of the arts
Vienna’s museums were quick with their forward-thinking response to the censorship crackdown on social media platforms such as Facebook and Instagram. In a somewhat unlikely turn of events, world-class institutions like Albertina and the Leopold Museum, among others, turned to OnlyFans to display their nude artworks and artefacts. For those who may not be familiar, OnlyFans is an app where users can pay a subscription fee to access exclusive –and often sexually explicit– content from a creator. On an account set up by the city’s tourism board, users can now subscribe for a small monthly fee to view works from Egon Schiele to the 30,000-year-old stone statuette The Venus of Willendorf. Earlier this year, Albertina Museum’s new TikTok account was permanently blocked for showing works by the Japanese photographer Nobuyoshi Araki that depicted a female breast. Today, OnlyFans remains the only social network that permits depictions of nudity, becoming a refuge for some of the world’s most significant artworks... who would've thought?
London’s animal sculptures double those of women
In a recent research study conducted by Art UK, it has been found that there are double the number of sculptures of animals than that of women in London. While 21% of an estimated 1,500 monuments and sculptures in the UK’s capital are of men, only 4% represent women. Of the recorded sculptures of female sitters or dedicated to women, two depict a named woman of colour: Executive agent Noor Inayat Khan (1914–1944) and nurse Mary Seacole (1805–1881). Types of sculpture included in the project covered architectural features, statues and figures, reliefs, commemorative clock towers, fountains and road markers, and war memorials. The study was published just last week as the mayor of London, Sadiq Khan, announced a £1m fund to diversify the city’s monuments and statues.
World’s first Robot artist is detained
Ai-Da, the world’s first ultra-realistic robot artist, was detained by Egyptian security forces as she made her way to the Great Pyramid of Giza, where her latest exhibition takes place. The humanoid robot was held in customs for 10 days after concerns that the cameras in Ai-Da’s eyes were being used to spy. Ai-Da was finally released last Wednesday, hours before the Forever Is Now exhibition was due to start. The exhibition, which runs until 7th November, is the first ever to be set in the 4500-year history of the Pyramids of Giza. Ai-Da’s contribution to the sculpture at the Pyramids is a contemporary response to the Riddle of Sphinx, “What goes on four feet in the morning, two feet at noon, and three feet in the evening?”.
Viennese Museums strip for OnlyFans in protest against censorship of the arts
Vienna’s museums were quick with their forward-thinking response to the censorship crackdown on social media platforms such as Facebook and Instagram. In a somewhat unlikely turn of events, world-class institutions like Albertina and the Leopold Museum, among others, turned to OnlyFans to display their nude artworks and artefacts. For those who may not be familiar, OnlyFans is an app where users can pay a subscription fee to access exclusive –and often sexually explicit– content from a creator. On an account set up by the city’s tourism board, users can now subscribe for a small monthly fee to view works from Egon Schiele to the 30,000-year-old stone statuette The Venus of Willendorf. Earlier this year, Albertina Museum’s new TikTok account was permanently blocked for showing works by the Japanese photographer Nobuyoshi Araki that depicted a female breast. Today, OnlyFans remains the only social network that permits depictions of nudity, becoming a refuge for some of the world’s most significant artworks... who would've thought?
London’s animal sculptures double those of women
In a recent research study conducted by Art UK, it has been found that there are double the number of sculptures of animals than that of women in London. While 21% of an estimated 1,500 monuments and sculptures in the UK’s capital are of men, only 4% represent women. Of the recorded sculptures of female sitters or dedicated to women, two depict a named woman of colour: Executive agent Noor Inayat Khan (1914–1944) and nurse Mary Seacole (1805–1881). Types of sculpture included in the project covered architectural features, statues and figures, reliefs, commemorative clock towers, fountains and road markers, and war memorials. The study was published just last week as the mayor of London, Sadiq Khan, announced a £1m fund to diversify the city’s monuments and statues.
World’s first Robot artist is detained
Ai-Da, the world’s first ultra-realistic robot artist, was detained by Egyptian security forces as she made her way to the Great Pyramid of Giza, where her latest exhibition takes place. The humanoid robot was held in customs for 10 days after concerns that the cameras in Ai-Da’s eyes were being used to spy. Ai-Da was finally released last Wednesday, hours before the Forever Is Now exhibition was due to start. The exhibition, which runs until 7th November, is the first ever to be set in the 4500-year history of the Pyramids of Giza. Ai-Da’s contribution to the sculpture at the Pyramids is a contemporary response to the Riddle of Sphinx, “What goes on four feet in the morning, two feet at noon, and three feet in the evening?”.
Viennese Museums strip for OnlyFans in protest against censorship of the arts
Vienna’s museums were quick with their forward-thinking response to the censorship crackdown on social media platforms such as Facebook and Instagram. In a somewhat unlikely turn of events, world-class institutions like Albertina and the Leopold Museum, among others, turned to OnlyFans to display their nude artworks and artefacts. For those who may not be familiar, OnlyFans is an app where users can pay a subscription fee to access exclusive –and often sexually explicit– content from a creator. On an account set up by the city’s tourism board, users can now subscribe for a small monthly fee to view works from Egon Schiele to the 30,000-year-old stone statuette The Venus of Willendorf. Earlier this year, Albertina Museum’s new TikTok account was permanently blocked for showing works by the Japanese photographer Nobuyoshi Araki that depicted a female breast. Today, OnlyFans remains the only social network that permits depictions of nudity, becoming a refuge for some of the world’s most significant artworks... who would've thought?
London’s animal sculptures double those of women
In a recent research study conducted by Art UK, it has been found that there are double the number of sculptures of animals than that of women in London. While 21% of an estimated 1,500 monuments and sculptures in the UK’s capital are of men, only 4% represent women. Of the recorded sculptures of female sitters or dedicated to women, two depict a named woman of colour: Executive agent Noor Inayat Khan (1914–1944) and nurse Mary Seacole (1805–1881). Types of sculpture included in the project covered architectural features, statues and figures, reliefs, commemorative clock towers, fountains and road markers, and war memorials. The study was published just last week as the mayor of London, Sadiq Khan, announced a £1m fund to diversify the city’s monuments and statues.
World’s first Robot artist is detained
Ai-Da, the world’s first ultra-realistic robot artist, was detained by Egyptian security forces as she made her way to the Great Pyramid of Giza, where her latest exhibition takes place. The humanoid robot was held in customs for 10 days after concerns that the cameras in Ai-Da’s eyes were being used to spy. Ai-Da was finally released last Wednesday, hours before the Forever Is Now exhibition was due to start. The exhibition, which runs until 7th November, is the first ever to be set in the 4500-year history of the Pyramids of Giza. Ai-Da’s contribution to the sculpture at the Pyramids is a contemporary response to the Riddle of Sphinx, “What goes on four feet in the morning, two feet at noon, and three feet in the evening?”.
Viennese Museums strip for OnlyFans in protest against censorship of the arts
Vienna’s museums were quick with their forward-thinking response to the censorship crackdown on social media platforms such as Facebook and Instagram. In a somewhat unlikely turn of events, world-class institutions like Albertina and the Leopold Museum, among others, turned to OnlyFans to display their nude artworks and artefacts. For those who may not be familiar, OnlyFans is an app where users can pay a subscription fee to access exclusive –and often sexually explicit– content from a creator. On an account set up by the city’s tourism board, users can now subscribe for a small monthly fee to view works from Egon Schiele to the 30,000-year-old stone statuette The Venus of Willendorf. Earlier this year, Albertina Museum’s new TikTok account was permanently blocked for showing works by the Japanese photographer Nobuyoshi Araki that depicted a female breast. Today, OnlyFans remains the only social network that permits depictions of nudity, becoming a refuge for some of the world’s most significant artworks... who would've thought?
London’s animal sculptures double those of women
In a recent research study conducted by Art UK, it has been found that there are double the number of sculptures of animals than that of women in London. While 21% of an estimated 1,500 monuments and sculptures in the UK’s capital are of men, only 4% represent women. Of the recorded sculptures of female sitters or dedicated to women, two depict a named woman of colour: Executive agent Noor Inayat Khan (1914–1944) and nurse Mary Seacole (1805–1881). Types of sculpture included in the project covered architectural features, statues and figures, reliefs, commemorative clock towers, fountains and road markers, and war memorials. The study was published just last week as the mayor of London, Sadiq Khan, announced a £1m fund to diversify the city’s monuments and statues.
World’s first Robot artist is detained
Ai-Da, the world’s first ultra-realistic robot artist, was detained by Egyptian security forces as she made her way to the Great Pyramid of Giza, where her latest exhibition takes place. The humanoid robot was held in customs for 10 days after concerns that the cameras in Ai-Da’s eyes were being used to spy. Ai-Da was finally released last Wednesday, hours before the Forever Is Now exhibition was due to start. The exhibition, which runs until 7th November, is the first ever to be set in the 4500-year history of the Pyramids of Giza. Ai-Da’s contribution to the sculpture at the Pyramids is a contemporary response to the Riddle of Sphinx, “What goes on four feet in the morning, two feet at noon, and three feet in the evening?”.
Viennese Museums strip for OnlyFans in protest against censorship of the arts
Vienna’s museums were quick with their forward-thinking response to the censorship crackdown on social media platforms such as Facebook and Instagram. In a somewhat unlikely turn of events, world-class institutions like Albertina and the Leopold Museum, among others, turned to OnlyFans to display their nude artworks and artefacts. For those who may not be familiar, OnlyFans is an app where users can pay a subscription fee to access exclusive –and often sexually explicit– content from a creator. On an account set up by the city’s tourism board, users can now subscribe for a small monthly fee to view works from Egon Schiele to the 30,000-year-old stone statuette The Venus of Willendorf. Earlier this year, Albertina Museum’s new TikTok account was permanently blocked for showing works by the Japanese photographer Nobuyoshi Araki that depicted a female breast. Today, OnlyFans remains the only social network that permits depictions of nudity, becoming a refuge for some of the world’s most significant artworks... who would've thought?
London’s animal sculptures double those of women
In a recent research study conducted by Art UK, it has been found that there are double the number of sculptures of animals than that of women in London. While 21% of an estimated 1,500 monuments and sculptures in the UK’s capital are of men, only 4% represent women. Of the recorded sculptures of female sitters or dedicated to women, two depict a named woman of colour: Executive agent Noor Inayat Khan (1914–1944) and nurse Mary Seacole (1805–1881). Types of sculpture included in the project covered architectural features, statues and figures, reliefs, commemorative clock towers, fountains and road markers, and war memorials. The study was published just last week as the mayor of London, Sadiq Khan, announced a £1m fund to diversify the city’s monuments and statues.
World’s first Robot artist is detained
Ai-Da, the world’s first ultra-realistic robot artist, was detained by Egyptian security forces as she made her way to the Great Pyramid of Giza, where her latest exhibition takes place. The humanoid robot was held in customs for 10 days after concerns that the cameras in Ai-Da’s eyes were being used to spy. Ai-Da was finally released last Wednesday, hours before the Forever Is Now exhibition was due to start. The exhibition, which runs until 7th November, is the first ever to be set in the 4500-year history of the Pyramids of Giza. Ai-Da’s contribution to the sculpture at the Pyramids is a contemporary response to the Riddle of Sphinx, “What goes on four feet in the morning, two feet at noon, and three feet in the evening?”.
Viennese Museums strip for OnlyFans in protest against censorship of the arts
Vienna’s museums were quick with their forward-thinking response to the censorship crackdown on social media platforms such as Facebook and Instagram. In a somewhat unlikely turn of events, world-class institutions like Albertina and the Leopold Museum, among others, turned to OnlyFans to display their nude artworks and artefacts. For those who may not be familiar, OnlyFans is an app where users can pay a subscription fee to access exclusive –and often sexually explicit– content from a creator. On an account set up by the city’s tourism board, users can now subscribe for a small monthly fee to view works from Egon Schiele to the 30,000-year-old stone statuette The Venus of Willendorf. Earlier this year, Albertina Museum’s new TikTok account was permanently blocked for showing works by the Japanese photographer Nobuyoshi Araki that depicted a female breast. Today, OnlyFans remains the only social network that permits depictions of nudity, becoming a refuge for some of the world’s most significant artworks... who would've thought?
London’s animal sculptures double those of women
In a recent research study conducted by Art UK, it has been found that there are double the number of sculptures of animals than that of women in London. While 21% of an estimated 1,500 monuments and sculptures in the UK’s capital are of men, only 4% represent women. Of the recorded sculptures of female sitters or dedicated to women, two depict a named woman of colour: Executive agent Noor Inayat Khan (1914–1944) and nurse Mary Seacole (1805–1881). Types of sculpture included in the project covered architectural features, statues and figures, reliefs, commemorative clock towers, fountains and road markers, and war memorials. The study was published just last week as the mayor of London, Sadiq Khan, announced a £1m fund to diversify the city’s monuments and statues.
World’s first Robot artist is detained
Ai-Da, the world’s first ultra-realistic robot artist, was detained by Egyptian security forces as she made her way to the Great Pyramid of Giza, where her latest exhibition takes place. The humanoid robot was held in customs for 10 days after concerns that the cameras in Ai-Da’s eyes were being used to spy. Ai-Da was finally released last Wednesday, hours before the Forever Is Now exhibition was due to start. The exhibition, which runs until 7th November, is the first ever to be set in the 4500-year history of the Pyramids of Giza. Ai-Da’s contribution to the sculpture at the Pyramids is a contemporary response to the Riddle of Sphinx, “What goes on four feet in the morning, two feet at noon, and three feet in the evening?”.
