What’s new
A fabulous erotic cabaret comes to town!
4th February 2022
A talented painter with an instantly-recognisable realist style and attention to detail, today’s new artist is David Delamare and his wonderful fantasy cabaret portfolio Animerotics. Remarkable art from an original imagination! See the whole set now by clicking here.
Freeing the Swiss imagination
3rd February 2022
Many ‘conventional’ illustrators had to keep their erotic output secret in order to maintain their livelihood; none more so than today’s artist, the Swiss Marcel Vidoudez, whose stash of watercolours was found after his death. Now we can share them here.
A very French way of looking at sex …
27th January 2022
Today we bring you the work of one of the great French cartoon artists, Alex Varenne. Though his views on women leave something to be desired, there is no denying his artistic skills and originality. See his work now by clicking here.
The inimitable R. Crumb
21st January 2022
Here’s the one so many of you have been waiting for, the inimitable cartoonist Robert Crumb. From his over-the-top 1968 Snatch to his 2009 version of Adam and Eve, via My Troubles with Women, see a telling cross-section of his work now by clicking here. Enjoy!
A gay pioneer
19th January 2022
Quietly courageous and infinitely imaginative – that’s today’s new artist, Marcus Behmer, who in the 1930s created some of the most beautiful (and now the rarest) of homoerotic art. See his work now by clicking here, and be humbled and inspired.
Naked rules
18th January 2022
Sidonie-Gabrielle Colette, better known simply as Colette, was a woman way ahead of her time. In 1938, after a controversial career as a writer and performer, she wrote an essay on nakedness entitled Nudité, to which Carlègle added appropriate drawings. You can see them now by clicking here.
Shunga Shunga!
15th January 2022
Today’s new artist is New York-based Jeff Faerber, with his amazing modern takes on the traditional Japanese erotic genre of Shunga art. Take your time with his work, it’s worth it! See his Shunga – together with his paintings of real women – now by clicking here.
Chagrin d’amour
14th January 2022
After the excitements of the last few days, we hope we’re back in uncontroversial territory with today’s new portfolio – the great Marcel Vertès’ 1929 illustrations for Colette’s semi-autobiographical novel Chéri. See his trademark drawings now by clicking here.
We’re back …
12th January 2022
It would appear that Twitter had decided, probably on the basis of an honesterotica follower alert, that our header images were in breach of ‘violating our rules against graphic violence or adult content in profile images’. So for the time being Rosie has decided that her naked breasts are inappropriate, and has bought herself a very fetching blue polka dot bikini. We hope you approve.
Twitter at it again …
12th January 2022
As you will all know and (we hope) appreciate, what we include on the honesterotica website covers the whole gamut of what we consider to be a balanced and thoughtful artistic response to human experience included in the concept of ‘erotic’. We are very aware that not all we include will be to everyone’s taste, and that it is inevitable that some of what we include will be in the borderlands of the conventionally transgressive. However, unless there is a compelling context we will never include imagery that concentrates on deliberate and non-consensual violence or torture.
It appears that the honesterotica Twitter account is currently locked as a result of one or more of our followers objecting to the posting of Stu Mead’s work here. In response, we are clear that Stu’s work has as much right to be seen and considered as that of other ‘transgressive’ artists who have included children in their work, from Hans Bellmer and Albert Dubout to Melinda Gebbie and Anne van der Linden. If, as well as just looking at Mead’s paintings, you read the text accompanying the portfolios, especially the critique of his fellow artist Lenka Klodová, we hope you will understand why we believe that an informed and balanced discussion of the role of art in exploring adolescent sexuality is more important than blanket censorship of an artist’s work.
We have, as before, appealed against Twitter’s unilateral suspension without notice, and hope the account will be restored very soon. In the meantime we respect your right to have your say about anything we include on the honesterotica website. We just ask you in return to respect our judgement and integrity.
If you would like to get in touch with us with your considered thoughts about our editorial choices and decisions, remember that you can always email us at info@honesterotica.com.