A photographer whose iconic images have appeared on the covers of some of the most popular magazines in the world has released a new book of famous portraits he's shot over his 35-year career. The book, titled 50 portraits, includes stunning portraits of some of the most famous celebrities in the world as shot by world-famous photographer Gregory Heisler. Heisler's book includes portraits of Muhammad Ali, Tim Burton, Daniel Boulud, Mick Jagger, Danny Devito, Hugh Grant, Denzel Washington, and Julia Roberts, among others, as well as the stories behind the images. ...read

A blank gallery where people engage in conversations about the economy and a huge naked humanoid figure are to battle it out for the UK's best-known art award, the Turner Prize. They line up against a film about an elderly man who tried to dig a tunnel from Cumbria to Africa and a series of large scale portraits of fictional figures as the strange mix of artworks by the shortlisted artists were unveiled in an exhibition to showcase their expertise. The exhibition, which has travelled outside England for the first time, is being staged on the site of a former military barracks in Londonderry, Northern Ireland. ...read

Susie Ray, 55, from Cornwall, has been a copyist for more than 25 years and sells her work to museums and private collecters. She says the key to creating the perfect copy is getting the texture and original technique right. ...read