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Culture news

MoMA dismisses lawsuit over nude performer's sexual assault claims

The New York museum argues that it did not exhibit "gender-based animus" and had procedures in place for performers to report concerns during the notorious nude performance

29/02/2024

Ukraine

'Nudes for war effort' campaign backs Ukrainian porn legalisation bill

What started as a spur-of-the-moment initiative to gather money for the war effort in Ukraine has led to around €800,000 in donations. Now TerOnlyFans wants Ukrainian lawmakers to decriminalise porn in the country.

05/09/2023

Spain

Public swimming pools in Catalonia must allow women to go topless

The regional government, led by the pro-independence Catalan Republican Left (ERC), can in theory fine any town hall found to have breached the norm up to €500,000.

29/06/2023

Art

Photography exhibition to display celebrities posing naked with fish

From Judi Dench to Sean Penn: Here's why celebrities have been posing naked with fish since 2009.

05/06/2023

Art

Michelangelo's David is not porn, Florence tells US parents

Should Michelangelo's David be shown to schoolchildren? Some parents at a Florida school think not - and Florence wants to convince them otherwise.

27/03/2023

Russia

Western leaders would look 'disgusting' topless, says Vladimir Putin

G7 leaders had mocked the Russian President for recent bare-chested photos of him on a horse.

30/06/2022

Culture news

The masculine mystique: What's the big deal with male nudity?

50 years ago Burt Reynolds was Cosmopolitan's first male centrefold, but half a century on has that much really changed?

01/04/2022

Travel News

Flight attendants strip off clothes in protest against airline closure

Flight attendants belonging to bankrupt Italian airline Alitalia are stripping off their old uniforms in protest against the national carrier’s closure.

21/10/2021