Women pass by a poster advertising the Leopold Museum's 'Naked Men' art exhibition in Vienna, Austria. The museum has covered the 'intimate parts' of the men on posters in the city after receiving many complaints. Photo Reuters
A prominent Vienna museum has decided to cover the "intimate parts" of three naked male football players on big posters put up in the Austrian capital after they caused an outcry.
"We got many, many complaints," Leopold Museum spokesman Klaus Pokorny said about the public display of the placards used to advertise its "Naked Men" exhibition due to open today.
The poster is designed to show how the depiction of male nudity has evolved in art history.
Around 300 works - including the controversial photograph by French artists Pierre & Gilles called "Vive La France" of three men of different races wearing nothing but blue, white and red socks and football boots - will be on display
