Digital Editions
Newsletters
Subscribe
Digital Editions
Newsletters
Art market
Museums & heritage
Exhibitions
Books
Podcasts
Columns
Technology
Adventures with Van Gogh
Art market
Museums & heritage
Exhibitions
Books
Podcasts
Columns
Technology
Adventures with Van Gogh
In the frame
blog

The Moaning Lisa? Pornhub commissions exhibition in LA

The Art Newspaper
12 September 2019
Share
Kathe Burkhart's Pervert, from the X, Y, and Zee series (2007) Courtesy of the artist and Galerie Lumen Travo, Amsterdam.

Kathe Burkhart's Pervert, from the X, Y, and Zee series (2007) Courtesy of the artist and Galerie Lumen Travo, Amsterdam.

Art and porn—are they easy bedfellows? Eyebrows may be raised at the news that Pornhub, a website that streams explicit content daily to 120 million visitors (anything from anal to gay daddy encounters), is sponsoring a new show at Maccarone gallery in Los Angeles called The Pleasure Principle (until 23 November). According to Bloomberg, the dealer Michele Maccarone has selected the 50 works on show, featuring artists and film-makers such as Kathe Burkhart and Doris Wishman; Pornhub meanwhile has “commissioned” the show (i.e. paid for production costs and installation). Maccarone says that she is “interested in reclaiming this history… of female sexuality”, stressing also that she “is pivoting to a new [business] model”. (A)rousing stuff.

In the frameExhibitionsLos AngelesPornhubMaccarone Gallery
Share
Subscribe to The Art Newspaper’s digital newsletter for your daily digest of essential news, views and analysis from the international art world delivered directly to your inbox.
Newsletter sign-up
Information
About
Contact
Cookie policy
Data protection
Privacy policy
Frequently Asked Questions
Subscription T&Cs
Terms and conditions
Advertise
Sister Papers
Sponsorship policy
Follow us
Instagram
Bluesky
LinkedIn
Facebook
TikTok
YouTube
© The Art Newspaper

Related content

In the frameblog
31 August 2018

Ansel Adams's wartime women

The Art Newspaper
In the frameblog
11 May 2018

A portrait of the artist as a mother

The Art Newspaper
In the frameblog
23 January 2019

Andrei Molodkin wants to turn your blood into art in new Belgian show

The Art Newspaper
In the frameblog
1 October 2017

Pope.L gets back to basics

The Chicago-based artist is selling bottles of water for a good cause

The Art Newspaper