The whole city of Minneapolis knew about the Titian exhibition that was about to take place; even if they weren’t interested in the once in a lifetime opportunity to see some of the most esteemed and beautiful paintings in the world, the Minneapolis Institute of Arts stirred some interest with a big sign – what better painting could the sign if than a topless goddess?
![OLYMPUS DIGITAL CAMERA](https://cdn.zmescience.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/02/venus-titian-before.jpg)
The sign depicts Venus, the Roman equivalent of Aphrodite, the goddess of love and all beautiful things (she was kind of a nasty person herself, but that’s a whole different story). So why should Venus be left with her naked breasts in the freezing winter of Minneapolis? Any gentleman with an ounce of common sense would help a lady out, in this case; this was exactly what a local graffiti artist thought, and immediately got to work, “dressing” up Venus with a lovely red bra.
![venus titian after](https://cdn.zmescience.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/02/venus-titian-after.jpg)
It actually looks quite good and classy if you ask me, but what’s even better is that the people in charge of this sign decided it actually looks better this way – and so decided to leave it just like this.
“Without those words it did look as though someone’s trying to censor it,” says head of PR Anne-Marie Wagener. “But with ‘Brrrr!’ it has that whole sort of funny element. Because it is cold!”
I couldn’t agree more to this; actually, I think she probably needs a jacket too, or at least a sweater.
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