From the tweets in the news story:
“How can visitors discuss it if you’ve removed it?”
CHANGE!
There is no need to discuss the past, there is only the Marxist NOW
Also, see Schrodinger’s Cat for circle jerk philosophical discussions about things you cannot see.
They are afraid of beauty!
Deeper in the article is this:
“The Cube Gallery in the South Downs Heritage Centre in Hassocks, West Sussex was forced to remove these photos from an exhibition last year”
And 2 photos (from the 1920s?) that are tamer than a Victoria’s Secret catalog were pulled/banned.
Nannystatism says its for your own good.
Since they nymphs are actually planning to drag Hylas down to his doom, perhaps the feminists thought the painting was a bit too accurate an allegory to modern enlightened relationships. :)
The PreRaphaelites have been a lightning rod for feminists for a very long time. One of the founders of the movement, DG Rossetti, had a sister, Christina, who was perhaps the finest female English language poet of the 19th century, and a decent artist in her own right. The PRB’s biggest sin was in portraying traditional gender roles and portraying femininity and its accompanying vulnerabilities and strengths.
I was going to make a comment on what should be done to these people, but it was too violent.
If they don’t want it, I’ll take it.
I love Waterhouse’s work.
Those girls are NOT prepubescent. I guess they’re trying to imply pedophilia.
Fury?
Like tears of rage?.
Socialist taliban at work.
The new puritanism - brought to you by... The feminazis.
This is truly hilarious.
Well they better not mess with the Gil Elvgrin paintings, or the sweet young things from the 1950s calendars riding the RIGID tools!
Then there is The Birth of Venus in the Met.
I’ll take all the original Waterhouse paintings the gallery has. And the Tademas.
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