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Vienna museums open OnlyFans account for x-rated paintings

The Art Newspaper
20 October 2021
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A detail of Peter Paul Rubens's painting of his second wife Helena Fourment ("Het Pelsken") on the Vienna OnlyFans account © Kunsthistorisches Museum Vienna

A detail of Peter Paul Rubens's painting of his second wife Helena Fourment ("Het Pelsken") on the Vienna OnlyFans account © Kunsthistorisches Museum Vienna

Some of the naughtiest works in Vienna’s museums keep being censored by social media giants, according to officials at the Vienna Tourist Board (like Facebook with the famous 30,000 Venus of Willendorf). However, they have come up with a new way of showing these racier pieces online. In a move that might raise eyebrows, Austrian tourist chiefs have opened an account on OnlyFans, a platform known for its, ahem, adult material.

“By posting some of Vienna's historic 18+ artistic content on OnlyFans, subscribers have the opportunity to view provocative works by Egon Schiele, VALIE EXPORT, Amedeo Modigliani, Peter Paul Rubens, the nude Venus of Willendorf and many others,” according to the tourist board. Subscribers logging on to Vienna’s OnlyFans page will subsequently receive admission to one of the featured museums where the “explicit art” can be seen in real life. The organisation even made a (kind of) racy video...

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