What’s new
Naked reality
26th November 2022
Today’s new artist, Jean Rustin, wasn’t afraid to explore the corporality of the human body and the unbeautified, unsanitised aspects of nakedness. His depictions of sex are a more honest introduction than any number of classical nudes. See his work now by clicking here.
Where it all started
24th November 2022
For those of you who wonder how a great idea turns into reality, here’s the germ of the idea for the honesterotica website as drafted on a single sheet of A4 in December 2016. From little acorns … thank you to you all for helping us grow into a mighty oak! Kisses from Rosie and the gang xxx
Our take on porn
23rd November 2022
In the last day or so we’ve noticed quite a few folks reading our thoughts about honesterotica’s take on porn. If you haven’t found it yet, it’s here. We’d be very interested to hear what you think …
Strangeness and charm
22nd November 2022
An original and thought-provoking new artist for you all today, the Spanish painter Xevi Solà Serra, with his powerful and often disturbing images of vulnerability and threat in seemingly everyday settings. See his work now by clicking here, and see what they do for you.
Sex Soviet style
17th November 2022
A talented but sadly almost forgotten Russian artist today, Nikolai Sapach, who could turn his hand and erotic imagination to a range of styles from lavish Rococo to Soviet satire. See his work now by clicking here.
Anyone for whipping?
14th November 2022
A little light French flagellation today from a minor artist of the genre, Léon Roze. Some very titillating fin de siècle frilly underwear though! It can be found now on the website by clicking here. Enjoy!
Orgy time!
13th November 2022
Fancy an orgy on a beach in the south of France, or in one of those posh Mediterranean seaside hotels? Then today’s new artist, André Cottavoz, is an artist whose chaotic colourful imaginings will bring a smile to your day. Enjoy his work now by clicking here.
For adults only …
8th November 2022
For lovers of erotic alphabets, today we bring you the inventive, talented work of the St Petersburg artist and illustrator Mikhail Gavrichkov. Enjoy the military men, sailors and clerics with amazing members, the women with wonderful tattoos. See them all now by clicking here.
Punk rules
7th November 2022
To the New York punk rock scene today, and the colourful, entertaining, fantastic, gritty, sexy paintings of John John Jesse. This is the world of drink, drugs, tattoos and youthful nakedness – see his world now by clicking here.
Shocking stockings
6th November 2022
The Belgian artist Rachel Menchior is best known for the erotic drawings she made while she was still in her twenties, half a century ago. Her spare compositions hold much of the same power today as they did when they first shocked and her book was banned. See her work now by clicking here.
Important recent updates
✨ Illustrator and portfolio lists
One of the most common requests we get (and the responses to the recent questionnaire confirm this) is that it would be really useful to have complete listings of all the artists and portfolios on the website – as of May 2026 728 artists and 2,003 portfolios!
So we’ve listened and heard … and by following this link you will find files with these listings in alphabetical order (and where there are several portfolios with the same name their artists will be in order too). The lists are in PDF format, so you can download, save and search them. They duplicate what you can already find in the artist and portfolio listings on the website, but if you’re really into erotic art and illustration and would like a quick ready reference, you should find these invaluable. Enjoy!
✨ Helping you to find your way around
You asked for it, we’ve done it – all the artists on the site now have a set of ‘Similar artists’ links at the end of their biography, so whether it’s bookplate artists, spanking artists, gay artists, whatever, you can cruise easily from artist to similar artist. Have fun!
✨ Hans-Jürgen Döpp, 1940–2025
Few people have shared their wisdom, experience – and wonderful collection of erotic art – more than Hans-Jürgen Döpp, who sadly died last year at the age of 84. For more than half a century Hans-Jürgen devoted himself to the study and collection of erotic art, not as a marginal curiosity or a private indulgence, but as an essential part of human culture. Through his work as a scholar, teacher, curator, author and collector, he helped establish erotic art as a serious field of artistic and historical enquiry. He was an enthusiastic supporter of honesterotica, sharing more than 200 of his portfolios with us, helping to make the website a unique resource of erotic art that would otherwise have been lost to the world. Read our tribute to Hans-Jürgen here.
✨ The difficult mirror
Artists, childhood, and the challenge of looking
At a time of growing concern about online child safety, we are very aware of how we handle the sensitive subject of depictions of children in art, especially ‘erotic art’. We have added an important Themes and Topics article here, which helps explore how artists over time have depicted naked children, and why it is as important to think seriously about what art is for and how we look at and experience it as about what is actually being depicted. Read the piece and see what you think.