Harvard University has made headlines in recent years due to the publication of their erotic-themed magazine, H-Bomb, as well as due to the growth of an abstinence-focused student group on campus. In a recent video, CurrentTV explores how each of these student groups are contributing to raising the sex discourse on a college campus - […]
Spencer Tunick is an artist who works all over the world creating installations, which consist of a large number of people posing in the nude in public places. There's a lot of effort that goes into an installation because oftentimes the locations Tunick chooses are extremely public, but these places are closed off to the general public while he is working.
British artist Lucian Freud (grandson of Sigmund Freud) has just sold one of his paintings for over $33 million dollars! Holy cow, that’s a lot of money! The artwork, called “Benefits Supervisor Sleeping,” was originally painted 13 years ago in 1995, but has just been sold at a New York auction.
The Kinsey Institute is holding the annual Juried Art Show from April 11 - July 25 this year. The art show has over 80 contemporary artworks including photographs, sculptures, paintings, and even mixed media pieces.
The Kinsey Institute art gallery recently had an exhibit of Kinsey Confidential - questions and answers to the KC site illustrated with art from the institute.
Working on sex at The Kinsey Institute in Indiana comes with its challenges.
Though Alfred Kinsey's books were published a half century ago and the Institute itself has survived and grown at Indiana University since 1947, stepping outside of the protected walls can make us vulnerable.
Though I shouldn't have been surprised, Ann Fritz, Director of […]
A well-received Kinsey Institute art exhibition, "Expressive Bodies", has traveled to IU Northwest where it is currently on display through March 7, 2008. Learn more in this article on Indiana University's web site or view the exhibit online through The Kinsey Institute's web site.
Many people are interested in the way that hip hop culture reflects or even influences our lives. To what extent to the lyrics in songs dictate how women and men should act? Whether women are women or whether women are "hos"? How sex happens? Whether a condom is used, or whether sex is for love […]
Throughout all of January and February of 2008, there is a sexuality-themed art show that is touring the nation! The Sex Workers Art Show displays the art from workers in the sex industry, from strippers to internet models. The show has visual art, performance art, and everything in between with the goal to "dispel the myth that they are anything short of artists, innovators, and geniuses!"
Today The Kinsey Institute was featured in the Weekend section of the Indiana Daily Student. An "IU Mythbusters" article sheds light on some of IU's biggest campus myths. Included is the myth that The Kinsey Institute has the world’s biggest "porn" collection. When I tell someone I’m studying with The Kinsey Institute, I generally have a lot of questions thrown my way…
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