John William Waterhouse’s ‘Hylas and the Nymphs’ – a victim of censorship?
Mozart’s Don Giovanni, Bizet’s Carmen have been criticised for related reasons. There are concerns that some young people will face the prospect of being confined to their halls of residence over Christmas, The censored side of Cold War Steve's artwork on Boscombe beach in Bournemouth, England. It depicts Hylas, a male youth in classical garb, wearing a blue tunic with a red sash, and bearing a wide-necked water jar. As Brexit talks focus on fishing, which makes up just 0.1% of our GDP, business experts plead... Has Anna Wintour found love, actually? Want to bookmark your favourite articles and stories to read or reference later?

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“I know there are other works in the basement that are probably going to be deemed offensive for the same reasons and they are not going to see the light of day.”. Aestheticism, which emerged in art and literature in the latter part of the 19th century, was far more troubling and challenging than the twee arts and crafts version we seem to have inherited.

“The gallery exists in a world full of intertwined issues of gender, race, sexuality and class which affect us all. A curator had claimed that the 1896 artwork perpetuated ‘outdated and damaging stories’ that ‘women are either femmes fatale or passive bodies for male consumption’.

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You're NOT the only one! Man Utd youngster Tahith Chong joined German side Werder Bremen on a season-long loan in the summer transfer window. In response to the backlash, Manchester City Council, which runs the gallery, announced that the painting would return. Kevin Childs is a writer and lecturer on art history and the history of visual culture. The painting shows Argonaut warrior Hylas being lured to a watery death by naked beckoning nymphs while filling a pitcher of water during the search for the Golden Fleece. Some interesting comments already on the @mcrartgallery wall and online too https://t.co/Q667SptU5Y#MAGsoniaboyce Looking forward to more conversation about this... pic.twitter.com/21omdwR9vY. Hylas and the Nymphs, painted by John William Waterhouse in 1896, Here's some of the food Manchester bars are laying on to stay open, Beans on toast, £5 kebabs and the great street food pivot, 'You want an honest answer? They all have the same slightly chilling look. A gallery accused of censorship after removing a pre-Raphaelite masterpiece for supposedly being offensive to women has made a humiliating U-turn. Michelangelo’s nudes on the Sistine Chapel ceiling are equally gratuitous totty for the male gaze, this time on young male flesh.