Look but Don't Touch

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Look but Don't TouchAphrodite's Child

4 min

Available until 17/01/2027

Depictions of Venus and nude women in general in art can be considered objectifying and insulting. In 1914, a suffragette even slashed a painting in the National Gallery in protest. But Venus is perhaps more inclusive than she looks at first glance. 

With

Hortense BELHÔTE

Director

Cecilia DE ARCE

Author

Hortense BELHÔTE

Country

France

Year

2020

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