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08 / 15 / 2016
Vault magazine has cover art censored with yellow dots covering nipples

Censored Vault cover: The original art work is by Lisa Yuskavage and is titled Brood. Photo: Vault The cover of Australian art magazine Vault , which features a painting of a naked pregnant woman, has been censored for newsagencies, raising questions about perceptions of the female body. The painting, […] Read more Vault magazine has […]

08 / 14 / 2016
The nudity Olympics: Miss BumBum hopefuls bare all in global body paint

GOLD MEDAL IN STRIPPING: The Miss BumBum ladies stripped off and body painted to celebrate Rio Well, kind of. The campaign for Miss BumBum 2016 is in full swing, and several of the ladies gunning to replace 2015’s victor Suzy Cortez have taken part in a photo shoot show their love for […] Read more […]

08 / 12 / 2016
Living & Breathing Art

Sophia Tyler – Ghory shares her experience of body painting for the Oxford International Art Fair Body art is one of the most intriguing art forms that it is possible to encounter. On the one hand it is rooted firmly in cultural traditions that extend back as far as […] Read more Living & Breathing […]

08 / 10 / 2016
Artists paint model for first body art display at local Virginia festival

DAVID CRIGGER/BHC Kali Kallas, the first body art model at the Virginia Highlands Festival, was covered in a wide array of designs from the face on her stomach to a mural of the Martha Washington Inn on her back. “I feel really cool,” said 19-year-old Kallas, who added that […] Read more Artists paint model […]