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alfredofroylan · May 17, 2015

You know, because breasts are horrible things that must be censored to protect our viewers of ... something I don't know.

Art experts are pissed at Fox News.

When the conservative broadcaster reported on the record-breaking Pablo Picasso painting, Les femmes d’Alger, officials at the station thought the imagery was too offensive for their viewers. So they decided to censor the piece, which sold for $179 million, by blurring out the depicted breasts. Yeah, really.

“We decided to blur the nude portions so that we could show it to you, on-air,” co-anchor Dari Alexander said during the broadcast.

Of course, it didn’t take long for figures within the art community to blast the news outlet—and rightfully so. It’s fucking art. And they're cubist boobs.

http://www.complex.com/style/2015/05/fox-news-blurs-out-boobs-on-record-breaking-picasso-painting
And here you can enjoy the uncensored version.

Kwixotik · May 17, 2015

Aren't you also kinda censoring the painting by hiding it behind a link? Regardless, lolfox

Oersted · May 17, 2015

Next up obscene pantomimes

Jeffolation · May 17, 2015

John Ashcroft approves.

Skytylz · May 17, 2015

I hate fox news as much as the next guy, but this isn't them.

ElectricBlanketFire · May 17, 2015

NSFW:

Also, that's a local affiliate.

ReturnOfTheRAT · May 17, 2015

They'll could have said it's because Fox News airs in airports or waiting areas, etc.

alfredofroylan · May 17, 2015

Kwixotik said:
Aren't you also kinda censoring the painting by hiding it behind a link? Regardless, lolfox

Oh thanks for tell me, fix it already

Smellycat · May 17, 2015

Kwixotik said:
Aren't you also kinda censoring the painting by hiding it behind a link? Regardless, lolfox

Lmfao so true

randomhugs · May 17, 2015

That is a Fox affiliate. Not Fox News.

MetroidPrimeRib · May 17, 2015

Wow. Paintings are usually the one thing people don't get into a nudity fit over, lol

MudoSkills · May 17, 2015

I'm glad the butt survived.

George Oscar Bluth II · May 17, 2015

"Here, have all this violence.

OH NO. NOT BREASTS! THINK OF THE CHILDREN!"

ponpo · May 17, 2015

Good. Society is too lewd and degenerate nowadays. Fox News providing a break from the onslaught of perversion.

Stet · May 17, 2015

this is from picasso's famed gaussian blur period

Übermatik · May 17, 2015

Reminds me of the Simpsons episode...

bomma_man · May 17, 2015

ReturnOfTheRAT said:
They'll could have said it's because Fox News airs in airports or waiting areas, etc.

huh?

TheSpoiler · May 17, 2015

Fox News is Local Area Florida Man

uncredited male · May 17, 2015

Probably some assman.

demon · May 17, 2015

ReturnOfTheRAT said:
They could have said it's because Fox News airs in airports or waiting areas, etc.

you're thinking of CNN

entremet · May 17, 2015

Oh, America.

plasmawave · May 17, 2015

ItIsOkBro · May 17, 2015

ElectricBlanketFire said:
NSFW:

Also, that's a local affiliate.

How will I explain this to my kids??

Slermy · May 17, 2015

ItIsOkBro said:
How will I explain this to my kids??

By telling them: "That's now what real women look like."

Also, if they found this image offensive or disturbing to their audience, why even run the story?

Mik2121 · May 17, 2015

Oh man America is so funny sometimes.
I know most countries these days censor real women naked, but a Picasso painting that isn't even hyper realism? The hell is wrong with some people haha!

Reversed · May 17, 2015

legacyzero · May 17, 2015

#FreeTheNipple

docbon · May 17, 2015

thank goodness they covered the circles of sin.

ElectricBlanketFire · May 17, 2015

Slermy said:
By telling them: "That's now what real women look like."

Bodacious · May 17, 2015

nb4 the Mapplethorpe post

but yeah, i'm a lot more offended by the censorship than any viewer could ever have been by the blobs of paint representing nipples in that painting.

Mimosa97 · May 17, 2015

Hey fox news, you know who else in the world love to censor arts ? Radical islamists !

Why don't you start a joint lobby group ?

Alrus · May 17, 2015

They forgot to censor a butt in there.

Nudull · May 17, 2015

Let's see how people spin this as Political Correctness gone out of control.

This is pretty silly, though.

Byakuya769 · May 17, 2015

Alrus said:
They forgot to censor a butt in there.

Fox News never censors asses.

iMax · May 17, 2015

Can we censor Fox News instead?

ElectricBlanketFire · May 17, 2015

Byakuya769 said:
Fox News never censors asses.

Beerman462 · May 17, 2015

Byakuya769 said:
Fox News never censors asses.

Savitar · May 17, 2015

Time to go around and put censor bars on all paintings.

I mean......can you imagine if children saw them?

Or worse.....conservatives?!

Their senses, who will protect their senses of right and wrong. Of their morality.

John Kowalski · May 17, 2015

ElectricBlanketFire said:
NSFW:

Also, that's a local affiliate.

sharp knees, would not bang

bistromathics · May 17, 2015

A local fox news channel is not the same thing as Fox News

Palculator · May 17, 2015

Women of Algiers (Version 0)

So even paintings are sold an unfinished, broken mess?

alfredofroylan · May 17, 2015

Palculator said:
So even paintings are sold an unfinished, broken mess?

Picasso did 15 versions of that particular painting, they're based on the original by Eugenie Delacroix. This's the original:

And some of Picasso's versions

(TOP ROW) Picassos Les Femmes dAlgers, Version I, Les Femmes dAlgers, Version H, Les Femmes dAlgers, Version K (BOTTOM ROW) Picassos Les Femmes dAlgers, Version I, Les Femmes dAlgers, Version L, Les Femmes dAlgers, Version N

Damaniel · May 17, 2015

ElectricBlanketFire said:
NSFW:

Also, that's a local affiliate.

*unzips pants*

I'll be in my bunk...

Seriously though, it's art - not freaking pornography. It's perfectly acceptable to show it on TV, and all the sexually repressed prudes can just get over it.

Effnine · May 17, 2015

If anyone watches Amazing Race on CBS, they censored some statues in Monaco. I thought that was pretty odd too.

adamsappel · May 17, 2015

Enjoy your bans!

Bodacious · May 17, 2015

alfredofroylan said:
Picasso did 15 versions of that particular painting, they're based on the original by Eugenie Delacroix. This's the original:

And some of Picasso's versions

(TOP ROW) Picassos Les Femmes dAlgers, Version I, Les Femmes dAlgers, Version H, Les Femmes dAlgers, Version K (BOTTOM ROW) Picassos Les Femmes dAlgers, Version I, Les Femmes dAlgers, Version L, Les Femmes dAlgers, Version N

Picasso liked the titties, huh. The original doesn't even have exposed breasts.

VanWinkle · May 17, 2015

This isn't even Fox News.

Currygan · May 17, 2015

I see Picasso snucked a D, the crafty bastard

kidtamagotchi · May 17, 2015

That station probably censored the pic so they wouldn't get fined by the FCC if a soccer mom filed a complaint.

ipukespiders · May 17, 2015

The only thing obscene is the sale price.

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