FEATURED
ARTWORKS
What do we stand to lose if we accept restrictions of art online solely based on the inclusion of female-presenting nipples?
This collection of featured works reveals the ways that this strangely contested body part is integral in the creative expression of contemporary artists, photographers, and sculptors.
KAI
OH
Kai Oh, Cigarette, 2025
“The body is free. It exists to be fully seen and understood on its own terms. Art holds its rightful space beyond imposed standards and thrives in open digital environments.”
PENNY
SLINGER
Penny Slinger, Clues To The Stigmata Myth, collage from 50% The Visible Woman, 1969/1971
“Time to reclaim the body as a temple of the spirit. Women have the right to be in control of how they share their bodies, as subjects, not objects.”
SALLY
HEWETT
Sally Hewett, Pixeltits 2, 2020
“I’ve had endless posts removed from Instagram and other social media sites because they show female nipples. They’re not even real nipples, they’re embroidered nipples. My response was to make a piece with embroidered pixelated nipples to save Instagram the trouble of removing the post.”
JASMINE
MURRELL
Jasmine Murrell, Madonna, 2018
"In a time when the full power and presence of women are erased, art becomes a poetic and provocative force—one that expands and reclaims the unequal representation of women within artistic spaces and institutions."
NATALIE
WHITE
Natalie White, The Secret of Quantum Remote Control II, 2015
"When art is censored, freedom is rehearsing its own disappearance. Today it’s the human body; tomorrow it’s dissent, identity, and truth. Free speech is indivisible — once we allow it to be edited, it begins to erode."
ALINA
GROSS
Alina Gross, "Boobs, not just pretty", 2025
“Nipple censorship is not about protection, it is about control. When parts of the body are selectively erased, entire narratives and identities disappear. Fighting for nipple equality means fighting for artistic freedom, bodily autonomy, and honest representation in visual culture.”
MISHA
JAPANWALA
Misha Japanwala, Firaaq • قارف The Ache of Separation, 2025
“Shamelessness is central to my practice. When my art is censored for showing a nipple, it exposes whose bodies are deemed acceptable and whose are not, and confirms the very systems of shame and control I speak against in my work. Restricting honest depictions of the body in art doesn’t protect us; it diminishes and disappears our identities and our stories.”
ALEAH
CHAPIN
Aleah Chapin, We Held The Mountains on Our Shoulders, 2018
“It's odd to me that a small piece of skin that is sensitive to touch and can feed a whole human being is seen as inappropriate, while images of violence and words of hate are just a normal part of life. ”
ANNIQUE
DELPHINE
Annique Delphine, Chocolate Can Be An Offensive Word, 2017
"I just think it's bullshit to censor female nipples. It exposes a double standard of sexualising women's bodies while pretending to protect morality. And this bias runs even deeper for black women as they are disproportionately affected by this."
MARTINE
GUTIERREZ
Martine Gutierrez, La Madonna from ANTI-ICON: APOKALYPSIS, 2021
© Martine Gutierrez. Courtesy of the artist; Fraenkel Gallery, San Francisco; Josh Lilley, London; and RYAN LEE Gallery, New York.