THE ART OF THE NUDE | Sensationalist coverage in the daily press | 22 July 2008
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# The Times | Banned nude still scandalises | July 23, 2008 # BBC Radio Wales | News programme 16h00 - 18h30 | 22 July 2008 | A radio news interview with Guest Curators John Wilson and Roger Cucksey, probing behind the sensationalist headlines courted by the daily press: to focus upon the factual history of Kelly's controversial Nude Study (- for it was never actually banned by Newport Town COuncil in 1947); the current exhibition THE ART OF THE NUDE featuring 90 works that explore the genre of the nude; and the surprising quality of the permanent collections at Newport Museum and Art Gallery with works in this exhibition by prominent artists such as Rodin, Augustus John, Henry Gaudier-Brzeska, William Goscombe John, Angelica Kaufman, William Blake, Peter Blake and Harry Holland. # 22 July 2008: "Banned brazen nude" - sensationalist headlines appeared in the Daily Mirror | Daily Mail | Daily Telegraph | BBC News | thisislondon.co.uk See news archive here: theartofthenude.googlepages.com/news THE ART OF THE NUDE CommentsWould you like to comment?Sign up for a free account, or sign in (if you're already a member). |
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THE ART OF THE NUDE

ARTISTS EXPLORE THE HUMAN FORM
An exhibition of drawings, prints, painting and sculpture
Guest Curators John Wilson & Roger Cucksey
Newport Museum and Art Gallery | 19 July - 20 September 2008
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