Poster of nude Venus banned on London’s tube

LONDON: A 16th Century painting of Venus featuring the Roman goddess of love wearing little but a smile has been deemed too risque for the eyes of London’s tube travellers.  
 
London Underground bosses have banned a poster of the 1532 work by German artist Lucas Cranach the Elder, promoting an upcoming Royal Academy exhibition. The Academy is outraged. “We are disappointed and find it quite ridiculous in this day and age,” said Head of Press and Marketing, Jennifer Francis. “The painting is around 500 years old — it’s a pure painting by a master,” she said. But Transport for London is unmoved.