“I know it when I see it” is how US Supreme Court Justice Potter Stewart famously described pornography in a 1964 obscenity case. But the Los Angeles-based photographer Rowan Metzner wants to go ...

When questioned about the relationship between art and sexuality, Pablo Picasso once replied, “It’s the same thing.” Gèrard Règnier, director of the Picasso Museum in Paris and curator of the “Picasso ...

"Leda and the Swan," a fresco discovered in a bedroom in Pompeii, shows the mythological Spartan queen and the Roman god Jupiter disguised as a swan. (all images courtesy Archaeological Park of ...

“The LGBT movement has come so far, but there are these underlying themes that are still taboo,” says artist Tom Hill. Such as? “Such as the desire of a man for another man, and the exposure of male ...

Twenty-nine years ago, a group of anonymous feminist artists known as the Guerrilla Girls unveiled a poster that read, “Do women have to be naked to get into the Met. Museum? Less than 5% of the ...

As New York Times art critic Roberta Smith has written, we live in the age of the art revival — a time when all sorts of artists are being recovered from their forgotten corners and brought into the ...

Sotheby’s is stepping out of its comfort zone by staging its first ever erotic art sale in London later this month. The auction encompasses a variety of pieces surrounding the themes of love and sex, ...

Instagram, with its nipple-hating overlords and strict “community guidelines,” has become an unlikely hub for erotic art. Of course, we all know that Instagram is an all-too-perfect tool for ...

“I’ve always loved drawing the human body. I especially liked painting women’s faces and bodies, particularly with a mysterious mood” Joyce Lee says of her first steps into painting and portraiture as ...

Last Saturday afternoon at Fremont Studios, body-painted works of art (i.e., nude bicyclists from the Fremont Solstice Parade) could be seen at the Seattle Erotic Art Festival perusing art works ...

Throughout Evelyne Axell’s short but radical career, the Belgian artist revered the female body in psychedelic hues rendered in gleaming enamel. Nude women recline in acid green or cerulean blue ...

Valentine’s Day is right around the corner, and if you’re still not sure where to take bae, Otherworldly Arts has you covered with an event that’s the perfect mix of sex and art. This upcoming weekend ...