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Do We Really Need To Put Up Trigger Warnings For Paintings In Art Museums?

Amid social pressure to stay “woke” in an era of instant gratification on social media, everything and anything is getting canceled. Beautiful, treasured works of art are some of the latest victims of cancel culture.

By Andrea Mew5 min read
Titian Bacchus and Ariadne public domain

Alright, it’s fair to have a bit of a visceral reaction to hearing the title of a piece called “The Rape of Europa” or wanting to avert your eyes when viewing Artemisia Gentileschi’s “Judith Beheading Holofernes,” but is it actually problematic to depict sexual harassment or violence in art?