News station blurs out breasts on Picasso painting

The painting, Women of Algiers, sold for $160 million this week.

By Christina Finn Thursday 14 May 2015, 1:18 PM

May 14th 2015, 1:18 PM 18,780 Views 47 Comments

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THE BLURRING OUT of breasts in a record breaking Pablo Picasso painting on a TV news station has been blasted by a leading US art critic.

The painting, Women of Algiers, went for $160 million. The final price, including the premium of auction house Christie’s, was $179.3 million (€160m).

It sold in record time of 11 minutes.

However, the network perhaps thought it best to shield their viewers from some aspects of the artwork.

A screengrab of the live report on Fox5NY – a local New York FOX affiliate – tweeted by the art critic Jerry Saltz shows the nipples of three female figures are blurred out.

Saltz, who writes for New York Magazine, was not impressed:

How sexually sick are conservatives & Fox News? They blurred parts of the Picasso painting. #SickMinds pic.twitter.com/5PGw5h5iBs
— Jerry Saltz (@jerrysaltz) May 13, 2015

Source: Jerry Saltz/Twitter

Others took to Twitter using #freethenipple:

#Ignorance knows no bounds! #Picasso #art #FreeTheNipple #FoxNews http://t.co/uyT0Z2304M
— Victor Sojo (@victorsojo) May 14, 2015

Source: Victor Sojo/Twitter

#Foxnews blurred parts of #Picasso painting announcing #auction #record: #FreeTheNipple #NoHope… https://t.co/tyRQVp51Zq
— Claudia Scarsella (@cla_scarsella) May 13, 2015

Source: Claudia Scarsella/Twitter

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News station blurs out breasts on Picasso painting

The painting, Women of Algiers, sold for $160 million this week.