Photos from the world’s horniest art fair
Please Knock’s Erotic Art Fair, held at TV Eye punk venue in Ridgewood Queens in October 2026, drew over a thousand visitors browsing vintage erotic materials, rare manuscripts, photographs, and collectible publications from nearly two dozen vendors. Founded in 2023 by curator Danna Wexler, the fair functions as a physical marketplace for artists and dealers whose work faces algorithmic and payment processor censorship online. The event featured auctions of rare items including original manuscripts from Asaji Muroi of the 1960s Japanese magazine Kitan Club, alongside performances and an X-rated video game installation. Featured photographers and artists in an accompanying calendar included Bruce LaBruce, Thomas Ruff, Roger Ballen, Larry Clark, Nobuyoshi Araki, and Boris Mikhailov. The fair responds to escalating content moderation by Meta and financial institutions, following the deletion of Please Knock’s Instagram account in December 2025 and broader legal challenges to digital suppression of erotic artwork.
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