The Louvre and Uffizi Are Suing Pornhub for Turning Works by Titian and Courbet Into Hardcore Pornography
The museums are not happy with Pornhub’s use of their artworks.
The Louvre in Paris and the Uffizi in Florence are suing the online pornography site Pornhub for “unauthorized” use of masterworks in the museums’ collections, including works by Titian, Botticelli, Cézanne, and Rembrandt, in a new interactive website and app.
The app, which launched just days ago, includes a high-camp introductory video recorded by Ilona “Cicciolina” Staller, the former porn star and ex-wife of Jeff Koons who starred alongside the artist in his pornographic “Made in Heaven” series.
The app then promises to guide users “past all the prude paintings” and “directly to the good stuff.”
Featured alongside the Louvre and the Uffizi are the Musee d’Orsay, the National Gallery in London, the Prado Museum, and the Metropolitan Museum of Art.
Users can select works from each institution and see pornographic recreations of each scene starring members of the porn troupe MySweetApple. It also features audio narrations from adult star and director Asa Akira.