The work in public museums is mostly decided on getting the highest number of visitors, which generally rules out anything too risqué.

Art is traditionally understood as a visual phenomenon, but since the 1960s, words have increasingly infiltrated into it. Is this a good thing?

New Media and digital arts have been with us for a few decades now.

Barbie is more than just a doll. How did she achieve this status, and why does she continue to be such a presence in girls' and women's lives?

Dolls, figurines and action figures have become a ubiquitous component of every major television and movie franchise.

‘In the old days’ pornography were depictions of nude (mostly) women and more often than not engaged in a sexual act with a partner (man or woman).

Plastic surgery began in the early twentieth century due to the horrific injuries sustained during World War I.

More than just playthings, dolls have preoccupied us in many ways. They have become symbols of both a degraded and a perfected form of humanity.

Dolls used to be something innocent, playthings for children.

Some may know that the French word for a fashion model is 'mannequin'.