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Facebook's ban on Charles Blackman nude artwork attacked as 'living in the 1950s'

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March 01, 2017 at 05:54AM

Melbourne art auction house Mossgreen says refusal to allow post featuring artwork Women Lovers is ‘ridiculous’

The Melbourne art auction house Mossgreen has accused Facebook of “living in the 1950s” after it refused to allow an advertisement for an artwork by the esteemed Australian artist Charles Blackman.

The artwork, called Women Lovers, was part of a video post by Mossgreen to promote a collection of works to be auctioned next week. Women Lovers is an oil painting that depicts two naked women in rest, a black cat next to them. The work largely features one of the women’s backs, with the nipple of the women lying next to her also exposed.

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