Can art museums or artwork be rated X or NC-17 just like movies if they have nudes?

Question

If a little kid shouldn't see a movie with nudes, then shouldn't it apply to art museums, or have I just missed the memo about art museums turning away kids because of X-rated artwork?

Oh, I wasn't going to take a kid to see it. I am just curious about this. Thanks!

Answer 1

Ummmmm..... i don't think so because in a museum they don't want people to get disgusted or turned on by it. they want people to see the beauty of the human body. In a museum it's not like the figures are having sex and moving like in a movie they are being shown as something to be looked upon as beautiful.
Besides if you don't want your kids seeing someone naked then be smart and don't take them to the museum. hahaha

Answer 2

The movie ratings are given by the Academy of Motion Pictures Arts and Sciences, the same body that handles the Oscars. It's a self-regulatory body. If the studios and the AMPAS decide to do away with ratings, they can. Museums, when they have a particular exhibit that has nudity or the like usually have a warning to parents. Children normally enter a museum under an adult's responsability.

Answer 3

No. the rating system is a voluntary system adopted by the MPAA as a service in the public interest (and to avoid potential lawsuits) and applies only to motion pictures and their content. I have never heard of a museum turning anyone away for any reason, so long as they pay the admission fee.

Answer 4

Haha! I used to think about that too. Apparently human flesh is considered R or X rated but marble and stone is artwork. Plus, I never saw David having sex with Venus de Milo. I have been to some galleries in SOHO, in which some artwork could definately be considered X-rated.

Answer 5

Then don't take the kid to see it if you have a problem with it.

[And, to be clear, the problem wouldn't be with the kid seeing a nude].

Most films get rated above G because of language, sexual suggestion, and/or violence. Not nudity. And nudity itself isn't enough to get an NC-17 rating (let alone an X).

Answer 6

Yes. The first one was a movie entitled "Henry and June", too much nudity to be R but not enough sex to be X. Here is a list of 47 more NC-17 rated films.

Answer 7

They don't have ratings, and that is a little unsafe for children or anyone else, i was exposed to one in an encyclopedia when i was young, you couldn't belive how my parents (my mom specifically) reacted when i asked them a question. I think they need to have ratings or at least sections in the museum, and books... don't need those type of arts...

Answer 8

my daughter studies art and i must say that there is art i would not let my younger children see. nudes are never filth, but there are political and religious statements that are made in art that young children are not mentally ready for, their minds do not think in abstract terms and its hard for them to comprehend. Just like you wouldn't try to teach them brain surgery at a young age because they are not ready cognitively to learn it, its the same with some art.
however art as a form of expression has to not be limited, some of the greatest art has been criticized, yet it gets you thinking outside the box and thus opens your spiritual knowledge.

blessings,
lily

Answer 9

Nudity in pornography is all about stimulating sexual desire and that is it. In art there is more to it than just what the picture shows, there is also color, composition, techniques etc... X-Rated and NC-17 rating is given not only because of the use of nudity but also the intention of it.

Answer 10

Apparently, art work is in a different class. In art, the depection of the human form is one of grace and beauty, rather than just being thrown up on the big screen for the purpose of just showing it. in art, you can see and respect the human form. in movies, you pretty much are just watching the actions.