There’s a thin line between pornography and tasteful erotic art, and if you’re a fan of the latter, you might want to head to London, where 2,500 years of it is on display at the Barbican Centre — making it the largest art store of it’s kind ever. Most of the works of art are pieces that, at some point throughout history, have been censored according to what was appropriate at that point in time. But it’s all out in the open now, and if you don’t like it, stay away. Interestingly, a similar show was presented in Cincinnati in 1990 and the gallery’s director was indicted for obscenity, but later acquitted.
In addition to classic art, the show, called Seduced: Art and Sex from Antiquity to Now also features new works by some of the controversial names of our time, like Photographer Robert Mapplethorpe who contributes a series of sado-masochist homosexual portraits.
The show runs until January 27, 2008.