Leopold Museum conducts special excursions for naked people

An art exhibition in Vienna dedicated to a naked male body has allocated special visiting hours for excursion groups consisting of nudists.

A representative of the Leopold Museum in Vienna said in an interview with Reuters that such a decision to conduct “naked” tours was made in response to a request from German associations.

“We thought about it, and decided that it was a good idea,” said a spokesman for the Museum.

The Nude Men exhibition is dedicated to images of naked men in 19th-century art and today. The show caused a stir in Vienna with a frank advertising campaign, in which a photo of Vive La France was distributed among three football players who wore nothing but shoes.

The exhibition covers all possible forms of art. Here you can see the phallic sculptures of Louise Bourgeois called “Fillette (Sweet Version)” (Fillette (Sweeter Version)), a drawing of Bruce Nauman (Bruce Nauman), depicting the outlines of five naked men called “Untitled (Five Marching Men)) (Untitled (Five Marching Men)) and the work of Andy Warhol, a poster for the Fassbinder film “Querelle”.

The museum exhibition was extended until March 4. The representative of the Museum noted that dressed visitors can come on “naked” excursions, but, in order to avoid cases of voyeurism, it is better to undress.

The Leopold Museum was not the first museum to host nude tours. The Australian Museum of Contemporary Art in Sydney last year began conducting free excursions for naked people, thus trying to attract additional visitors and gain a new experience.

Anna Sidorova