Stephen Colbert doesn't know a lot about art, but he's devoted six minutes of his show this week to analyzing the different between it and porn. As you might have heard, a famous nude painting by Italian artist Amedeo Modigliani sold for $170 million at Christie's auction. Some people guffawed at the price tag attached to an early 20th century artwork, others just blushed at the naked female body contained within Modigliani's frame. Take, for example,...
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