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'Nude Males' Art Show At Leopold Museum Sparks Controversy: Then Sells Out... (PHOTOS)

Naked Footballers Cause Outrage In Sell Out Art Show (PHOTOS)
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Culture Editor of Huffington Post UK

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An art exhibition about male nudes has proven a sell-out success at a gallery in Austria - despite causing outrage before it opened with a picture of three naked footballers.

The promotional poster featured a photograph called 'Vive La France' by French artists Pierre & Gilles that depicts three players stood on a pitch wearing nothing but socks and boots, being showered with confetti.

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The censored poster... click through the gallery below to see the original

A public outcry promoted the Leopold Museum in Vienna to cover up the offending tackle, but the photo's jubilant scene proved prophetic - since it opened, 'Nude Men from 1800 to the present day' has proven even more popular than the gallery's recent show on the work of Gustav Klimt, Austria's most famous artist.

Open until 28 January, the show looks at how male nudity has evolved in art and includes pieces by Egon Schiele, Auguste Rodin and Andy Warhol.

A spokesperson for the Leopold, Klaus Pokorny, told us: "It's a big success, with more than 2000 daily visitors.

"And we're delighted it now has a worldwide echo on The Huffington Post!"

See the highlights of the show below... WARNING: CONTAINS GRAPHIC IMAGES

Male Nudes
Shepherd Boy (Tank Top)(01 of17)
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Elmgreen & DragsetMichael Elmgreen (* 1961) and Ingar Dragset (*1968)Shepherd Boy (Tank Top), 2009Laserchrome color print mounted on aluminium with plexiglass, 200 x 149,5 cmCourtesy Gallerie Nicolai Wallner, Copenhagen© VBK Wien 2012
Nudes vg 02(02 of17)
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Thomas Ruff (* 1958)"nudes vg 02", Ed. 3/5, 2000C-Print, 147 x 110 cmPrivate Collection Cofalka, Austria
Mr. Big(03 of17)
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Ilse Haider (* 1965)Mr. Big, 2006/2012installation in the courtyard of the MuseumsQuartier, ViennaWalk-in sculpture, digital print on wood, 900 x 300 x 420 cmCourtesy Galerie Steinek, Vienna
Preacher(04 of17)
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Egon Schiele (1890-1918)"Preacher" (Nude Self-Portrait with Blue-Green Shirt), 1913Pencil and gouache on paper, 47,1 x 31,2 cmLeopold Museum, Vienna, Inv. 2365© Leopold Museum, Vienna
Querelle(05 of17)
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Andy Warhol (1928-1987)Querelle, c. 1982Oil-stick and felt-tip pen on acetate over silkscreen, inks and paper111,5 x 90,8 cmPrivate Collection© VBK, Vienna 2012
The Wrath of Achilles(06 of17)
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François-Léon Benouville (1821-1859)The Wrath of Achilles, 1847Oil on canvas, 156 x 94,5 cmMusée Fabre de Montpellier Agglomération
Fillette(07 of17)
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Louise Bourgeois (1911-2010)Fillette (Sweeter Version), 1968, cast 1999Latex over plaster, 59,6 x 26,6 x 19,6 cmUrsula Hauser Collection, Switzerland © VBK, Wien 2012
Death of Hippolytus(08 of17)
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Joseph-Désiré Court (1797-1865)Death of Hippolytus, 1828Oil on canvas, 35, 46 cmMusée Fabre de Montpellier Agglomération
Vive la France (Long live France)(09 of17)
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Pierre & GillesPierre Commoy (*1950) and Gilles Blanchard (*1953)Vive la France (Long live France), 2006Unique hand-painted photograph, pigment print on canvasPrivate Collection, Courtesy Galerie Jérôme de Noirmont, Paris
Seated Boy(10 of17)
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Anton Kolig (1886-1950)Seated Boy, 1919Oil on canvas152 x 93,1 cmLeopold Museum, Vienna, Inv. 406© Leopold Museum, Vienna
Flute Concert(11 of17)
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Wilhelm von Gloeden (1856-1931)Flute Concert, 1905Photo postcard, 8,9 x 13,8 cmVerlag Adolph Engel, Berlin © Private collection
Self Portrait from the Series of Grand Emotions(12 of17)
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Urs Lüthi (* 1947)Self Portrait from the Series of Grand Emotions, 1987Acrylic on canvas, 250 x 160 cm© Urs Lüthi
Self Portrait with Palette(13 of17)
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Richard Gerstl (1883-1908)Self portrait with Palette, 1908Oil on canvas, 139,3 x 100 cmLeopold Museum, Vienna, Inv. 651© Leopold Museum, Vienna
Youth from the Magdalensberg(14 of17)
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Youth from the Magdalensberg16th-century cast of a Roman originalBronze, hollow-cast, 185 x 52 x 16 cmKunsthistorisches Museum, Vienna, Collection of Greek and Roman Antiquities
L'âge d'airain (The Age of Bronze)(15 of17)
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Auguste Rodin (1840-1917)L'âge d'airain (The Age of Bronze), 1875/76Bronze, 179 x 67 x 62 cmKunsthaus Zürich
Vive la France - poster(16 of17)
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Pierre & GillesPierre Commoy (*1950) and Gilles Blanchard (*1953)Vive la France (Long live France), 2006Unique hand-painted photograph, pigment print on canvasPrivate Collection, Courtesy Galerie Jérôme de Noirmont, Paris
Vive la France - poster censored(17 of17)
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