Megumi Igarashi
$40 Jeff Koons, "Vagina Artist" Fined: Last Week in Art
Last week was filled with record-breaking (and downright mysterious) art sales, news-worthy selfies, and the artist f.k.a. George W. Bush.
'Too Arousing, Offensive': Why Japan's Vagina Artist Was Convicted of Obscenity
Today the artist Rokudenashiko, who rose to notoriety after 3D-printing a kayak in the shape of her own vulva, was found guilty of violating Japanese obscenity laws—which harshly punish depicting genitals in any medium.
Who's Afraid Of Vagina Art?
Japanese artist Megumi Igarashi was arrested for making vagina sculptures. Meanwhile, at Kawasaki's annual Festival of the Steel Phallus, massive penis statues are paraded around with impunity. We went to Japan to find out why.
In the Studio With Japan's Controversial Vagina Artist
Japanese artist Rokudenashiko has been arrested twice for making art using her genitals. We visited her studio and tried on her vagina costume.
Japanese Cops Have Arrested the Woman Who Made a Kayak Shaped Like Her Vagina — Again
Artist Megumi Igarashi faces two years in jail and up to a $20,000 fine if found guilty of violating Japan's strict obscenity laws against public display of genitalia.
A Woman in Japan Was Arrested for Distributing a 3-D Mold of Her Vagina
Japanese artist Megumi Igarashi used the 3-D mold to create the world's first "vagina kayak." Now she's facing obscenity charges for it.
Vagina Boat Has Woman Arrested; Sex Workers to Out MPs For Seeking Their Services
Sarah Ratchford tackles Ottawa sex workers threatening to put MPs who frequent their services on blast, New Brunswick's lone abortion provider's closing, and the woman arrested for the vagina boat.
Why Is Japan So Upset About a 3-D Printed Vagina?
Prostitution is effectively legal in Japan — but sending 30 people the 3-D schematics for her vagina just got a conceptual artist arrested.