When Claudine Faifer unwrapped the 165 oil paintings that arrived at her Miami Beach home last May, the first thing she thought was, “ohmygod ohmygod ohmygod!” There, among the vibrant scenes of ...

Forty years ago, a key Supreme Court case with a Kafka-esque name, United States v. Ten Erotic Paintings, put works of some of the great modern artists of Europe on trial. Seventeen years ago, an ...

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Korean artist Ho Ryon Lee is the creator of some incredibly provocative oil paintings. Lee's gentle brush strokes capture seductive bodies in motion. Originally created on canvas and altered in ...

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What’s hot: Japanese shunga by artists including Katsushika Hokusai and Kitagawa Utamaro, according to Tokyo collector and dealer Mitsuru Uragami. What’s not: Faux vintage, faux ivory figurines sold ...

A sleeping beauty arcs across the bottom of the vast canvas, breasts akimbo, the curve of her gorgeous thighs echoing the arms that are flung in surrender above her head. The colours are curiously ...