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.
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.”
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.