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Braggin’ About Satirical Erotic Art

October 5, 2011

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Braggin’ About Satirical Erotic Art

By TM Bernard You’ll never know what you might find in a moving sale, what bargain deal or, in this case, eye candy of the erotic kind winking at you in from behind dusty shelves. “Who made those?” I inquired, pointing at one of a three series of etchings that were uniquely naughty. It was [...]

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The Surprising Start of St. Andrews

September 17, 2011

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The Surprising Start of St. Andrews

By the Royal Jester Kate Middleton and Prince William met at the University of St. Andrews. It’s the third oldest university in the United Kingdom and the oldest in Scotland, having been founded in 1413. It is located in a lovely town of the same name on the east coast of Scotland. If you take [...]

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Classical Erotica: A modern look at the illustrations of Édouard-Henri Avril

September 10, 2011

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Classical Erotica: A modern look at the illustrations of Édouard-Henri Avril

By TM Bernard The first time I discovered the salacious attraction of porn I was young, perhaps eight. A friend next door found a pack of playing cards with pornographic images on them in her parent’s room, and a group of us huddled in hushed wonderment – filled with fear, fascination and disgust – staring [...]

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Moscow’s First Sex Museum Opens

August 14, 2011

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Moscow’s First Sex Museum Opens

By T.M. Bernard

A caricature of the US president battling Russia’s Vladimir Putin is the main draw at Moscow’s first sex museum, the cleverly named Tochka G (”G Spot”) located in one of the cities famous touristy streets. Controversy surrounding the new museum isn’t limited…

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Egon Schiele: self, art and the erotic

July 27, 2011

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Egon Schiele: self, art and the erotic

By Erin Fae

There must have been something in the coffee in Austria at the start of the last century. Maybe the models were different in their poses, inspiration and influence. Whatever it was, so much of the work produced by members of the Vienna Secession makes me swoon.

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Featuring Molly Crabapple

July 4, 2011

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Featuring Molly Crabapple

By Erin Fae

“Olympia is [a] fuck-you confrontation in a pearly pink package,” Molly Crabapple told me of one of her favorite paintings. “Manet was painting the top courtesan in Paris, surrounded by all the luxury she’d earned, staring out with dead contempt…

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The Magic of Modern Mythology

June 16, 2011

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The Magic of Modern Mythology

By Bex vanKoot

When most people nowadays – pagan, monotheist, athiest or otherwise – think of the word “myth”, we typically imagine sacred stories of other times and cultures, things that may-or-may-not have happened long ago

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Erotic Art: A Market for the Likes of Dirk Westphal

June 2, 2011

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Erotic Art: A Market for the Likes of Dirk Westphal

By T.M. Bernard

Dirk Westphal is a German artist whose piece entitled ‘Acrobat on High Heels’ was the Master Award Winner in the Erotic Signatures Collection, Vol. 3. It’s an eye-catching piece

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Sensual Graffiti: Miss Van

May 29, 2011

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Sensual Graffiti: Miss Van

By Erin Fae

I first came to know the work of Miss Van on the streets of San Francisco. There, on the corner of Fillmore and Height, was a curvaceous bunny girl painted on the outside of a door. She had large sultry lips and barely-open eyes.

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