Toshio Saeki 佐伯俊男 (1945 - 2019) was a Japanese illustrator and painter. Dubbed the 'Godfather of Japanese Erotica', his witty illustrations blended Japanese folktales with gore, talent, eroticism and a drive to puncture taboos. A revered artist of Japan’s postwar underground, Saeki built an enthusiastic and loyal cult following people looking to escape Japanese cultural restraint. A prolific artist whose work appeared in 21 monographs and many magazines, Saeki's art is now h

PLEASE KNOCK is a community for erotic art lovers founded in 2020. We provide a forum where artists can display their work free from the suffocating censorship due to social media restrictions. Our community has grown to include volunteer writers, event coordinators, editors, artists and members of the erotic art scene. Unlike television and film, where certain levels of eroticism can be explored, the internet categorizes most erotic art as pornographic. These extreme const

PLEASE KNOCK is a community for erotic art lovers founded in 2020. We provide a forum where artists can display their work free from...

Carlo needs no special introduction. His original artwork is amongst the most collected in the genre. His fantastic, yet outrageous...

We've curated our favorite 'Fisting' (and other objects such as 'Foot fucking' and even 'Hook Fucking'!) Magazine Covers, 8mm and...

We reached out to our favorite collectors and invited them to share their most beloved vintage Christmas-themed (and a few new year's)...

On October 15th 2023 we hosted our first Erotic Art Fair at TV EYE, Brooklyn NYC. We aimed to provide a forum where artists can display their uncensored work free from the suffocating censorship by social media restrictions. Unlike television and film, the internet treats all erotic art as pornographic. These extreme constraints serve to punish creators and erase great art works. The current restrictions stifle the genius of artists who fear stigma and suppression. To combat

András Bagoly has been collecting artifacts and sex paraphernalia since age twelve and has since acquired over 10,000 items. His passion...

Staring at the photos, you’ll first notice pale, naked Chinese youth, all wearing blasé expressions and nothing else. “What am I looking...

We have collected our favorite golden shower 'Urolagnia' illustrations and vintage photography for your enjoyment. We would like to start...

You’ll either find it awful or brilliant. You may regard it as exceptional art or just see it as plain porn. There’s no middle ground or...

Please Knock was honored to present its first fine art exhibition at Chinatown Soup, marking a significant moment in our mission to curate thoughtful, tastefully erotic work. The Erotic Art Exhibition brought together both established and emerging artists and offered them a space to show their uncensored work, free from the limitations and stigma imposed by social media. Unlike television and film, digital platforms classify nearly all erotic art as pornography, erasing impor

First created in the 1920s, Tijuana Bibles were cheap, eight-page, hand-sized comic books featuring Hollywood stars, cartoon characters...

John Cleland’s Memoirs of a Woman of Pleasure, a.k.a Fanny Hill, is without a doubt a highbrow literary classic, but quite different than...

"Hello, I'm Maxie. Your date from McPlaymate. Shall we begin?" In the 1980s, Mac users keen on dirty video games could respond to Maxie...

Tom of Finland was born Touko Valio Laaksonen on 8 May 1920. From the 1950s to 1980s, Laaksonen produced erotic fantasy drawings of...

In October 2020, while the world was in Lockdown, a painting broke Czech auction records at a sale in Prague. The painting "La Dame de...

Give a man a pen and he will probably draw a penis. Give him American Standard Code for Information Interchange (ASCII), and he will...

Born in Tokyo, Japan, in 1940, prolific photographer Nobuyoshi Araki got his first camera at age 12, a gift from his father. After...

The designers of South Korea's Haesindang Park (해신당 공원) went over the top like a regiment in their love for wood. Haeseindang is the...

Bookplates (also called Ex Libris, Latin for "from the books of") are small decorative labels pasted into a book, often on the front...