Glasgow subway bans poster over Michelangelo statue nudity
The poster was edited to hide the statue's naked crotch area
A poster for an Italian restaurant with Michelangelo's naked statue of David has been barred from Glasgow subway. The firm that manages the advertising space requested for the poster to be edited to hide the statue's nudity. DRG Group, which owns Glasgow's Barolo restaurant, said it was "surprised" by the response to the advert - which shows the Renaissance sculpture eating a slice of pizza.Nadine Carmichael, head of sales and marketing, said: "We had artwork in place and discussed if we could cover the crotch with a flag."Our next port of call was to show Michelangelo from the waist up. We got there in the end.
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