Nude painting

Facebook blocks nude painting by acclaimed artist

Charles Blackman's oil work Women Lovers features two nude women resting on a bed beside a cat.

Art broker Mossgreen tried to promote it on Facebook, but the social media network rejected it for "advertising adult products or services".

Mossgreen chief executive Paul Summer said the decision was "ridiculous".

"This is a very beautiful image that is not overtly sexual in any shape or form," he told the BBC.

"It's like going back to the 1950s. It's ridiculous to censor this sort of thing."