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From: art reviews Category: Art Date: 03 January 2007 Time: 05:46 PM Review: http://www.hermitagerooms.com/exhibitions/index.html Everyone was iceskating, so the lovers were left alone. Swingers and peepers and cuddly cupids. A stunning Watteau of a bored women. Purvy drawings. Didn't some fool (Robert Hughes or Simon Schama) say that pubic hair first appeared in Goya's maja denuded or whatever. We'll soon find the wiry stuff some weird mannerism from the past, a relic, historical, if the porno revolution continues. Get your foot out its slipper. And enjoy this lovely show. Lovely. Get it. For once the word lovely meaning something. The 18th century was a highly sexy time, like now, pretty and obscure.