I agree, a small sign stating the exhibit includes paintings of nude
figures is enough. To describe them as offensive is inflammatory. On a
school tour we usually ask the teacher with the group to pop into the
gallery and then decide if s/he wants the students to go on that part of
the tour. We may also strategically hang certain pieces towards the back of
the gallery so that portions of the show can be explored and other portions
can be ignored.

On Fri, May 29, 2015 at 11:56 AM, Anne Lane <[log in to unmask]> wrote:

> I vote yes for explanatory signage, but I would not use the word
> "offensive."
> Anne
> ANNE T LANE
> Administrative Support
> Mountain Heritage Center
> Western Carolina University
> Cullowhee NC 28723
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> On May 28, 2015, at 3:57 PM, Ilana wrote:
>
> You would think that Vegas would be a little more permissive, huh? This
> comes up because my director and I feel differently about how to handle the
> exhibit so she asked me to reach out to my "connections."
>
> Sent from my iPhone
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> On May 28, 2015, at 12:34 PM, adelheid straten <
> [log in to unmask]> wrote:
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> Ilana,
> are you writing from Iran? Where is the problem?
> Never heard of Picasso artworks offending visitors. On the other hand,
> recently I heard one woman saying "These minarets are offending me". :-)
> Anyone can be offended by anything. Shall we close academies, museums and
> universities to avoid this?
> No.
> Train people to stand art with tolerance.
> Christian
>
> Am 28.05.2015 um 20:33 schrieb Ilana:
>
> Hello to the museum collective,
>
> Our gallery, Bellagio Gallery of Fine Art, will be opening our new exhibition, Picasso: Creatures and Creativity on July 3rd. The exhibition features a series of 15 lithographs of two nude women, in both realist and abstract forms. From an educational standpoint they serve to show Picasso's evolution in the artistic process but how to we showcase this with school and camp groups? Can we even show them at all? We have only booked one field trip so far, and in this case, I brought up the nudity and the camp director will come preview the exhibit. Also, aside from making my staff aware that some guests may be offended by the content and how we prepare for that, is there anything else we need to do? We will mention the content to guests that arrive with children, but we don't necessarily want to bring it up with every guest. I appreciate your input.
>
> Ilana Short
> Manager of Visitor Services and Education
> Bellagio Gallery of Fine Art
> Las Vegas, NV
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> Sent from my iPhone
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