Fox channel blurred Picasso's record-breaking The Women of Algiers because boobs
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Pablo Picasso's The Women of Algiers is considered a masterpiece of modernist art. It broke the record this week for a painting sold at auction, going for $180 million. And it also features depictions of women's breasts.
This was apparently cause for consternation for the producers of a Fox affiliate, who blurred the breasts of the painting's subjects when airing a segment on the Christie's sale. As Jerry Saltz of New York jokingly noted:
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