While as Motherboard noted, fine art has long found itself at odds with social media’s evidently ultra-conservative moderators, including a 2018 incident where several posts featuring art by Peter Paul Rubens were removed from the Flemish Tourism Board’s Facebook page for nudity (because who isn’t turning to tourism board Facebook posts featuring 17th-century paintings as their primary source of porn?) the concept of art censorship spans well beyond the digital age.
“Over the years, Vienna has been home to some of the world’s most famous artists – including Egon Schiele and Koloman Moser, whose works pushed the boundaries of what was considered acceptable in art and society at the time,” the tourism board wrote in a statement posted to their website. “Besides changing the face of art forever, they are also known for their unflinching depictions of the nude human body. So it hardly comes as any surprise to learn that some of their artworks fell foul of the censors over 100 years ago.”
In modern-day however, it seems very little has changed, with their works drawing ire on social media (notably unlike conservative figures, regardless of what “WAP” cover artist Ben Shapiro says).
“And the battle against censorship still rages on: with the rise of social media, bans like these are back in headlines once again,” the statement continued. “Major social media channels like Instagram and Facebook have nudity and ‘lewd’ content firmly in their sights,” it explained, adding that “Vienna and its art institutions are among the casualties of this new wave of prudishness – with nude statues and famous artworks blacklisted under social media guidelines, and repeat offenders even finding their accounts temporarily suspended.”
Vienna, Austria's Tourism Board Starts OnlyFans To Show Off Their, Erm, Classic Artwork
Source: Pinoy Daily News
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