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Manchester Art Gallery has removed from its walls one of the most recognisable pre-Raphaelite paintings, which shows partially naked women.

The curator Clare Gannaway told Radio 4's The World at One that she took down the J W Waterhouse picture, Hylas and the Nymphs, to start a debate about how art is displayed and not as a publicity stunt.

Rupert Maas, who owns a gallery which deals in pre-Raphaelite paintings, disagreed, telling the programme "we should debate the content of the picture, not remove it in a censorship sort of way; it's the new fascism".

(Photo: Hylas and the Nymphs by JW Waterhouse Credit Manchester Art Gallery)