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Victorian nymphs painting back on display after censorship row

    2 February 2018

A gallery is to put a Victorian painting of naked adolescent girls back on display after a row over censorship.

Manchester Art Gallery said it took down Hylas and the Nymphs by JW Waterhouse to "encourage debate" about how such images should be displayed.

But critics accused curators of being puritanical and politically correct. The painting will return on Saturday.

Read more and see painting at: http://www.bbc.com/news/entertainment-arts-42917974

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Re: England: Victorian nymphs painting back on display after censorship row
« Reply #1 on: February 03, 2018, 02:42:11 am »

tThe two sisters, Anna Zuccaro, 26, and Mia Merrill, 30, who started this mess.
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Re: England: Victorian nymphs painting back on display after censorship row
« Reply #2 on: February 03, 2018, 05:13:48 am »
tThe two sisters, Anna Zuccaro, 26, and Mia Merrill, 30, who started this mess.

They were protesting a Balthus painting, though, not this one...right?
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