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• Oldest Piece of Art Determined to Be Pornographic

  Archeologists may have found the oldest piece of "art" in existence: A sculpture of Venus de Milo dating back 35,000 years ago. That's approximately 5,000 years before the next Venus knockoffs! So what were the standards for a perfect woman back in the day?   Read More... Posted May 14 2009, 04:22 PM by Drew Grant with | with 5 comment(s) Filed under: new york times, art, erotic art, cavemen, pornography, Venus de Milo

• Nearly-Naked Gisele Poses With a Bunch of Naked Black Men, Raises Questions of Race

  Norwegian fashion photographer Sølve Sundsbø recently shot a series with supermodel Gisele Bündchen surrounded by very buff, very naked black men. The contrast in skin tones is striking, but are we supposed to read more into it? As one commenter over at Project Rungay said: "wow, those photos are fierce. can't tell if the guys are her slaves or if they're raping her. interesting race dialogue. the first photo is super sexy." What do you think? Have a look and let us know in the comments section.  Read More... Posted May 06 2009, 07:01 PM by Emily Farris with | with 7 comment(s) Filed under: gisele, art, gisele bundchen, racism, slavery, photography, race, black and white, Sølve Sundsbø

• Double Your Pleasure

  VIA THE MODERN MATERIALIST: What is it about retro lithographs that hits on our collective sense of national nostalgia? Actually, that's probably exactly what it is, but regardless, they're just... Cool. And these very, very NSFW retro pin-ups by Mel Ramos are a perfect example of this: Read more... Posted Apr 29 2009, 06:19 PM by Emily Farris with | with no comments Filed under: art, advertisements, ads, nsfw, blogs, nude, cigars, naked, topless, nekkid, stuff, coke, nerve blogs, the modern materialist, blog feed, nerve.com blogs, pop art, topless pictures, double your pleasure, baby ruth, coca cola

• Full Frontal Nudity On British Afternoon TV

  VIA THE REMOTE ISLAND: More evidence British television is not at all like American television... Read more... Posted Apr 13 2009, 03:49 PM by Emily Farris with | with no comments Filed under: art, television, censorship, naked people, nekkid, the remote island, nekkid people, nerve blogs, blog feed, american television, british television, the bbc, life drawing, art vs. porn, full-frontal nudity

• While You Were Sleeping: The Fate of Project Runway

  Mona Lisa from burger grease! The great smirking later has never been sexier. (Luckily, this isn't one of those "it's a turd shaped like my aunt Josefa, let's sell it on eBay" things, but art.) A strip club takes on the McDonald's logo, McDonald's takes them to court. You think Snoop Dogg's remixes of Johnny Cash songs will be any good? Read More... Posted Apr 03 2009, 09:16 AM by Brian Fairbanks with | with no comments Filed under: hillary clinton, art, jay leno, johnny cash, strip clubs, project runway, lifetime, indecency, NBC, ebay, while you were sleeping, art porn, breast cancer, snoop dog, lady gaga, mcdonalds, farrah fawcett

• Scanner Goes To Art School, Does Not Get Laid

  The Lost Tribes of New York City from Carolyn London on Vimeo. Yes, this is what appears to be our second art post of the day. (We don't normally pay attention to the loftier exploits of the Internet's artistes -- preferring, if you will, to keep it down and dirty -- but this video was too good to pass up.) But, more importantly, it also serves as a handy reminder that assigning real life and ordinary voices to "talking" inanimate objects is always awesome. Creature Comforts, anyone? [via] Related: Did You Miss The Sex Workers' Art Show Tour? Art Students the Biggest Sluts, Study Says Extreme Sheepherding Art...Seriously Read More... Posted Mar 26 2009, 06:39 PM by Ina Maier with | with 1 comment(s) Filed under: video, art, creature comforts, lost tribes of new york, scanner art

• While You Were Sleeping: Diablo Cody's Super Porno Limo Rides

  Gmail is here to rescue you from regrettable sent message. Of course, you have to immediately regret sending the e-mail for the feature to work. M.I.A. replaced Amy Winehouse in the Coachella lineup. We don't even know what to say about this woman who is no longer attracted to her laid-off husband. Read More... Posted Mar 23 2009, 09:12 AM by Brian Fairbanks with | with 2 comment(s) Filed under: amy winehouse, art, demi moore, canada, ashton kutcher, gmail, diablo cody, screenwriters, porno, while you were sleeping, coachella, men and women, m.i.a., nicholas cage, mail goggles, limo, laid off, improv everywhere

• Barded Man of the Week: Shakespeare

  A portrait recently came to light that experts say is the only portrait of Shakespeare painted during his lifetime, and so the only accurate depiction of how he really looked. As a friend who passed this story along observed, "Shakespeare was a babe!" I don't know if I'd go that far, but he does look markedly better in the newly discovered portrait than in many previous depictions, like the above... Read More... Posted Mar 10 2009, 12:37 PM by Colleen Kane with | with 2 comment(s) Filed under: art, england, shakespeare, bearded man of the week, portraits, shakesbaeard, william shakespeare, the bard

• Wanted: 20 More Vadge Volunteers

  British artist Jamie McCartney has 180 plaster casts of vaginas ages 18-64, but that's not enough. He needs 20 more to complete his goal of 200 for a sculpture, "Design a Vagina," which is a commentary on vaginal reconstructive surgery.  Read More... Posted Mar 05 2009, 03:25 PM by Colleen Kane with | with no comments Filed under: art, sculpture, vaginas, the sun, jamie mccartney, plaster casts, cynthia plaster caster, vaginal reconstructive surgery

• Naked Man Takes Over the Tate

  Have you ever noticed that museums host an assortment of paintings and photos of nude women, but hardly any of men? These noble internet troublemakers noticed... Read More... Posted Feb 04 2009, 09:47 AM by Brian Fairbanks with | with 1 comment(s) Filed under: art, nudity, nsfw, england, britain, united kingdom, sexism, asses, nude photos, art porn, nudie pics, parliament, naked man, censored, videoo

• While You Were Sleeping: Weekend Weddings

  Someone has been posing as a thirteen-year-old Australian girl on the internet and posting nude photos, license plates, and phone numbers online predators. Unsurprisingly, the cops want to do the job themselves. Censorship reigns supreme in America, even in art galleries. What's worse than getting married at a Waffle House? Read More... Posted Jan 12 2009, 10:52 AM by Brian Fairbanks with | with no comments Filed under: marriage, taco bell, babies, weddings, art, senate, Fergie, Royal Family, censorship, australia, pakistani, racism, Prince Harry, growing up, pranks, Elvis Costello, kevin costner, predators, waffle house, royalty, indian, censored, roland burris, vigilante justice, topless men, charlotte church, rubik's cube, 'til death

• Art Students the Biggest Sluts, Study Says

  According to a new study out of Australia, and an even more disturbing article about said study, art students are the most sexually active and know the least about STD's. Read More... Posted Dec 05 2008, 01:37 PM by Emily Farris with | with no comments Filed under: movies, chlamydia, sluts, art, pictures, college, studies, college studies, science nerds, studies on sexuality, art students are sluts, studies on sex, slutty groups of teenagers, freddy prinze jr, sexuality studies, movie pictures, art students, studying sex in college, slutty college students, slutty students, rachel leigh cook, she's all that

• Fan Artwork For The Shining Almost As Cool As The Movie

  The Shining: it's one of the best horror movies of all time (we're speaking about the Kubrick version, of course, and not the Stephen King-led miniseries adaptation which we will hopefully forget about one day.) There are even reportedly rad parties at the original hotel where the movie was filmed. But we haven't been able to get behind the fan art community that has sprung up in recent years. Until now, with these beyond-awesome prints and paintings that somehow make the film even cooler... Read More... Posted Oct 30 2008, 10:46 AM by Brian Fairbanks with | with no comments Filed under: movies, horror movies, Jack Nicholson, art, movie posters, stanley kubrick, the shining, stephen king, cool

• While You Were Sleeping: The Third Iron Man

  A while back, we told you about the man in Duncanville, Texas facing trial for operating a swingers club out of his home. He was convicted yesterday of misdemeanor charges that had accused him of operating a sex "business." Now Playboy is selling off its art collection to help stay afloat. An anonymous blogger for The Frisky talked about her labiaplasty... Read More... Posted Oct 29 2008, 09:08 AM by Brian Fairbanks with | with no comments Filed under: iron man, drugs, art, playboy, senate, texas, swingers, congress, marijuana, scarlett johansson, elections, trials, Barenaked Ladies, feist, michael caine, camel toe, diana ross, nobel peace prize, avengers, labiaplasty, swingers clubs

• Paris Night Club Says You Can Never Start 'Em Too Young

  A new nightclub has just opened in Paris and if you think you're getting in, think again. They've got a very strict entrance policy... Read More... Posted Oct 10 2008, 03:15 PM by Ina Maier with | with 1 comment(s) Filed under: beer, kids, babies, art, Paris, drinking, france, children, french, child abuse, underage, babydisco

• Today in Anatomical Wallpaper...

  Pretty wallpaper, right? Look closer.  Read More... Posted Oct 02 2008, 12:08 PM by Emily Farris with | with no comments Filed under: anatomy, art, california, urinary tract, wallpaper, female reproductive system

• Will "Controversial" Naked Sculpture of Michelle Obama Hurt the Campaign?

  Artist Daniel Edwards, who has previously created sculptures of Paris Hilton's Autopsy, and Suri Cruise's first bowel movement, is at it again. This time his subject is none other than Michelle Obama. And, as you can imagine, Edwards brought the controversy once again with his topless Michelle Obama bust below: Read More... Posted Sep 19 2008, 03:14 PM by Nicole Pasulka with | with 5 comment(s) Filed under: art, sculpture, michelle obama, daniel edwards, paris hilton autopsy

• While You Were Sleeping: The Playboy Selection Process

  When in Atlantic City, it's probably best not to approach total strangers about marijuana purchases: Police said the drug deal went sour when the man took them to a desolate road in Egg Harbor Township near the Atlantic City International Airport, pulled and gun and forced them to strip before dumping their purses and robbing them.  Every time Obama speaks, an angel... has an orgasm? How does Hugh Hefner choose his Playboy bunnies? Read More... Posted Sep 16 2008, 09:07 AM by Brian Fairbanks with | with 4 comment(s) Filed under: art, playboy, Barack Obama, al franken, hot or not, hugh hefner, scarlett johansson, angelina joile, minnesota, amy poehler, artists, painting, damien hirst, millions, playboy bunnies, sexy photos, cleavage, real or fake, katherine mcphee, shark, maternity

• If There's One Way to Make The Tragedy of 9/11 Worse, This is It

  Remember earlier today when we said we wanted to forget that it's the seventh anniversary of the World Trade Center terrorist attacks? Well, ladies and gentlemen, artwork like this is why. After the jump: "free fries for your suffering" and "like a Jesus rising up from the ashes." Read More... Posted Sep 11 2008, 03:58 PM by Emily Farris with | with 1 comment(s) Filed under: art, wonkette, 9/11, september 11, america, bad art, loud not proud, making bad worse

• Artist Steve Powers Is Waterboarding at Coney Island

  Step right up and catch a glimpse of Coney Island's "Waterboard Thrill Ride." Artist Steve Powers has created an installation at New York City's Coney Island beach and amusement park depicting the act of waterboarding on dummies in a freak show cage... Read More... Posted Aug 18 2008, 12:38 PM by Nicole Pasulka with | with no comments Filed under: torture porn, art, brooklyn, coney island, amusement parks, waterboarding

• Dog Sh*t Art Piece Floats Away, Lands In Children's Home

  Only July 31st, an exhibit by American artist Paul McCarthy floated away from the grounds of a Switzerland museum, its curators admitted yesterday. Before it could be grounded, the art piece, entitled "Complex Shit," had smashed a greenhouse window, brought down a powerline, and scared the, um, shit out of the locals... Read More... Posted Aug 12 2008, 11:21 AM by Brian Fairbanks with | with no comments Filed under: dogs, art, funny, exhibits, artists, shit, turd, vomit, swiss, switzerland

• Calling All Wannabe Patrons of the Arts

  Brooklyn-based artist James J. Williams III is selling off piles of random crap from his apartment. This is "The Goodbye Box." Retailing for $100, items include:   Read More... Posted Jul 21 2008, 02:58 PM by Nicole Pasulka with | with no comments Filed under: art, brooklyn, james j williams III

• Iowa Strip Club Features 17-Year-Old Dancer, Claims Artistic License

  In Iowa, in the land where they let the children cry, a man is on trial after police learned a seventeen-year-old girl had twice performed at his strip club... ...or is it his performing arts center?   Read More... Posted Jul 21 2008, 10:33 AM by Brian Fairbanks with | with 2 comment(s) Filed under: stripper, art, teenage girls, iowa, perverts, underage sex, trials, strip club

• Grope The Sculpture, Live Forever

  First, they unveiled the oversized tribute to the enema in a town square. Now, Russia is trying to one-up itself with this latest piece of public art.   Read More... Posted Jul 10 2008, 10:59 AM by Brian Fairbanks with | with 1 comment(s) Filed under: art, sculpture, groping, russia, breasts, perverts, misogyny, public

• A Walk in the Sexy Park

  We love parks. And we love sex. So we're super excited about Jeju Land, a sculpture park in Korea dedicated to sexual pleasure, which has 100 works on permanent display — many of which are after the jump. We'd say they're not safe for work, but if you get caught looking, just belittle your boss and accuse him of having no cultural appreciation. Read More... Posted Jul 02 2008, 12:50 PM by Emily Farris with | with 1 comment(s) Filed under: art, sculpture, nsfw, Korea, sculpture parks, theme parks, parks

• Ever Wondered Who's Picking up the Phone Sex Line?

  Scanner Nicole's home away from home, The Morning News, has an amazing photo gallery of phone sex operators in their bedrooms. The pics are from Phillip Toledano's new book Phone Sex and Rosecrans Baldwin interviews the photographer about his work.  But the best part, by far? The blurbs below each photo where operators describe their jobs. According to this lovely lady: Read More... Posted Jun 11 2008, 12:13 PM by Nicole Pasulka with | with no comments Filed under: art, photographs, phone sex, the morning news

• Scanner Nicole Interviews Artist and Real Doll Owner Amber Hawk Swanson

  Photo: To Have, Cake Cut, 2007 Fresh out of grad school, Artist Amber Hawk Swanson was looking for love and a new project--so she had a RealDoll made to look just like her. The result—Amber Doll—would become her collaborator and companion. Since then, Amber Hawk Swanson and Amber Doll have traveled the country documenting public response to their complex and controversial relationship. AHS emailed with Scanner’s Nicole Pasulka about her show at Locust Gallery through June 28, why she was after a sex-doll double in the first place and the surprising, sometimes violent, reactions people have to her work.   Nicole: You commissioned a look-alike RealDoll who is now featured in your photography and video work. What made you want a doll?   Read More... Posted Jun 11 2008, 10:33 AM by Nicole Pasulka with | with 2 comment(s) Filed under: real dolls, art, art porn, realdoll, amber hawk swanson

• Lucien Freud Nude Sets Record Auction Price For Living Artist: $33M

  It's called "Benefits Supervisor Sleeping," and last night it netted 33 million samoleans at Christie's auction house in Manhattan. Which, if you're paying attention, would get you a few hundred of those Gisele shots from a few months back. Justified? Who can say; it's art. That shit hasn't made sense since the Japanese bought the Mona Lisa or whatever. Oh, here's something we can say with certainty: you can click through for a larger version of "Benefits Supervisor Sleeping," which you can download and save. That'll be 33 million dollars, please. Read More... Posted May 14 2008, 12:33 PM by Bryan Christian with | with 8 comment(s) Filed under: auctions, art, nudes, paintings, Lucien Freud

• We'll Donate To Spermcube.org If You Will

  It's been a while since we've encountered something that made us throw up in our mouths a little. Last time around, it was yogurt cultured from someone's hoo-hah. Now... now, it's a cubic meter of goopy refigerated sperm being collected by French artist Philippe Meste. Yuck. Despite his disgust, Scanner Bryan's willing to participate in this project if you are. Read on to find out more! Read More... Posted Apr 15 2008, 01:57 PM by Bryan Christian with | with 7 comment(s) Filed under: sperm, art, gross, france, orgasms, sperm donors, masturbating, SpermCube.org

• You Missed It: Michel Gondry's Be Kind Rewind Exhibit

  In case you were preoccupied with Pillow Fight 2008 or were too burned out from all the fun you had at his "Science of Sleep" exhibit last year, we checked out Michel Gondry's "Be Kind Rewind" exhibit at Deitch Projects in New York City on Saturday, the outré installation's final day, so you didn't have to. Read More... Posted Mar 24 2008, 12:41 PM by Brian Fairbanks with | with no comments Filed under: movies, art, New York City, indie movies, exhibits, jack black, you missed it, be kind rewind, michel gondry, mos def