Emma Hacks, 41 from Australia creates incredible images by painting nudes so that they blend into murals and wallpaper. For the first time she will paint a model live in front of an audience at the Rebecca Hossack Gallery in London. The artist is most famous for her body painting in the Gotye video, Somebody That I Used To Know that has racked up over 500 million hits on the video site Youtube. ...read
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That's what you call body art! Amazing UV pictures painted onto naked women celebrate the female form using images of sunsets, tropical oceans and mountains lit by moonlight
John Poppleton, from California, creates mindblowing works of art painted directly onto human skin using fluorescent shades. His project, called Under Black Light, consists of 'bodyscapes' of spectacular natural phenomena such as African sunsets, tropical oceans during rainstorm, and mountain ranges under moonlight. In more otherworldly, eerie designs the artist depicts cosmic scenes of stars, galaxies and shimmering auroras. ...read
That's a sweet Father's Day present for Wills! Artist creates portrait of The Duke of Cambridge and Prince George using TOBLERONE!
A giant chocolate portrait of the Duke of Cambridge and his son Prince George has been unveiled to mark William's first Father's Day as a Dad. The masterpiece was created by food artist Michelle Wibowo from Michelle Sugar Art, using a staggering 16,074 individual triangles of Toblerone. It took more than 1,500 bars of the iconic shaped chocolate bar using dark, milk and white chunks to create depth and dimension. ...read
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Artist, 24, creates stunning sculptures using beaches as her blank canvas just one month after picking up a rake for first time
Chloe Dickey drew a huge floral design on a Port Macquarie beach on Saturday in under two hours. The 24-year-old from Lake Cathie, NSW, works in the wet sand at low tide meaning her drawings don't stick around for long when the waves roll in.
Feline arty! Artist loves her pet cat so much she's added it to works by Botticelli, Dali and even the Mona Lisa
A bizarre but strangely wonderful concept of classic paintings and fine art work 'improved' by a fat ginger cat, Fat Cat Art is rapidly growing its online fan base. The pieces are the work of Russian artist Svetlana Petrova who features her own cat Zarathustra in every picture.
Crumbs! Is that a Banksy? Artist trades her palette for a plate to create captivating culinary pop art
Tisha Cherry, a New Jersey-born registered nurse, takes inspiration from films, music, and celebrities, and recreates iconic images using everyday food (pictured). 'Pop culture is essentially my muse and the food on my plate is my medium,' Ms Cherry says of her unusual hobby.
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A Moon Shaped Pool (XL)
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The Wild Swan (Gingerbread Man)
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The Colour In Anything (Polydor)
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Views (Republic)
Drake¿s fourth album is a sprawling love letter to his Toronto hometown, its 20 tracks veering from the celebratory Still Here to the disgruntled Redemption. The Canadian carps on about the tribulations of rap stardom, but it¿s balanced by soft melodies, the obligatory Rihanna duet and droll wit: `My wifey is a spice like I¿m David Beckham,¿ he crows on the title track.
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New Gold Dream (Universal)
A high-water mark of Eighties synth-rock, this 1982 album is one of six classics being re-issued on vinyl by Abbey Road studios. With the original tapes initially re-mastered at half-speed to add greater depth to hits like Glittering Prize and Promised You A Miracle, the sound quality is stunning. Other artists featured in the series include Cream, Free and The Rolling Stones.(For details, visit thesoundofvinyl.com)
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Everything At Once (Red Telephone Box)
Dubbed `the band who invented my band¿ by Coldplay¿s Chris Martin, Travis stick to tuneful basics on this sun-flecked effort. Economy is the key, with only one song clocking in at over four minutes: What Will Come recalls 1999¿s Driftwood; Keane¿s Tim Rice-Oxley co-writes on the galloping Magnificent Time. A detour comes with Idlewild, on which Fran Healy duets with soul singer Josephine Oniyama. He should try it more often.(Purpose).
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