The best orgy ever?

25th November 2024

There is no better-known erotic narrative than Alfred de Musset’s Gamiani, and no illustrator better-suited to depict its outrageous orgiastic scenes than Berthomme Saint-André. We have now added all the plates from the 1940 de luxe edition which you will find by clicking here – enjoy!

Pleasures of the flesh

19th November 2024

Half a century ago the world was shocked by The Joy of Sex, and the French were quick to follow up in 1975 with Les Joies de la Chair (pleasures of the flesh, unexpurgated and illustrated!). See all those very-daring-for-the-time illustrations now by clicking here.

Blood and roses

17th November 2024

Bold, visceral, intuitive – this is the work of today’s new artist, Canadian Elly Smallwood. ‘Sexuality provokes the strongest reaction in people,’ she says, ‘especially when it’s construed as vulgar. I’m all for making my viewers think!’ See Elly’s work now by clicking here.

Cherchez la femme …

14th November 2024

We’re a month into our 600 Artists appeal – £585.74 raised, one framed print won and the next very soon! BIG thanks to those who have contributed, BIG nudge for those who haven’t yet. All men so far; where are you, you lovely women followers? Find full details about how to support us by clicking here.

Mexico’s naked history

14th November 2024

The complexities of Mexican history – struggle, domination, identity and independence – are the themes of today’s new artist, Daniel Lezama. His raw, realistic, fantastic, complex paintings present the naked reality of his native country; see them now by clicking here.

Boys will be boys

11th November 2024

Angels, devils, dragons, pirates and dinosaurs – and plenty of outsize male members – that’s today’s new artist, American cartoonist and filmmaker Mike Kuchar. Grab an eyeful of his colourful and imaginative homoerotic work now by clicking here.

In the raw

7th November 2024

Real-world sex (just like real-world politics) is raw, messy, tender, exposed and chaotic, and today’s new artist, Dieter Rossi, captures all these qualities in his paintings – beautiful and horrific, gentle and harrowing. See Rossi’s powerful work now by clicking here.

Where praise is due

5th November 2024

Phalluses as noses, snakes, bulls and fruit stands, and transformed breasts and testicles as bunches of grapes – that’s the work of today’s new artist, the multi-talented Italian Piero Fornasetti. See his Elogium Mentulae (In Praise of the Penis) now by clicking here.

Pretty please!

4th November 2024

We’re three weeks into our 600 Artists appeal, and 27 of you have contributed, for which we are incredibly grateful. But that leaves 13,126 of you who haven’t yet, so come on folks, do it now! You’ll find full details at https://honesterotica.com/blog/honesterotica-600-artist-appeal-some-very-special-inducements. This is your chance to win a wonderful free erotic framed print! Please contribute whatever you can by PayPal @honesterotica …

Family challenges

30th October 2024

Motherhood, babies, children, families, gender power relationships – all grist to today’s new artist, the wonderful Swedish legend Lena Cronqvist. If erotic equates with raw, naked exploration, Cronqvist is a painter not to be missed. See her work now by clicking here.