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LEATHER ARTIST CREATES WORLD’S MOST EXPENSIVE WALLPAPER

Artist Mark Evans is known for his incredible leather etchings and his increasing fame has led to an amazing commision.
He has been asked by a Russian billionaire to create what will be the world’s most expensive wallpaper.
At $23 700 per sq meter the project will cost a total of $2.84 million for Mark to [...]

NAKED IN THE NAME OF ART

In front of Australia’s Sydney Opera House, a sea of volunteers ditched their duds today (March 1) to participate in U.S. photographer Spencer Turick’s latest art-photo shoot.
People of all ages, backgrounds, shapes and sizes posed for Tunick, who has made a name for himself shooting nudes in public places.
“It doesn’t feel sexual,” said someone who [...]

NAOMI CAMPBELL: LEATHER ART

Catwalk super diva Naomi Campbell has been immortalized in leather in this incredible artwork that is a cut above the rest.
Master carver Mark Evans – who captures the rich and famous in huge portraits etched into leather canvases — teamed up with the model for her Fashion for Relief 2010 event on February 18. [...]

COOL IT

Tattoo artist Henry Hate – whose celebrity clients include Amy Winehouse and Pete Doherty –has created what is claimed to be the world’s first ice tattoo.
He spent the morning today (Febuary 9) etching a a giant block of ice, with a Nissan Cube car frozen inside, using Japanese Samurai chisels — the traditional method of [...]

GIACOMETTI SCULPTURE SELLS FOR $104 MILLION

The global financial crisis hasn’t affected everyone.
According to Sotheby’s auction house, a life-size bronze sculpture by Alberto Giacometti has sold for a world record $104 million. It marks the most ever paid for art at auction.
Cast in 1961, “L’Homme Qui Marche I” (”Walking Man I”) is smong six pieces by the Swiss-born [...]

CLUMSY ART STUDENT FALLS INTO RARE PICASSO MASTERPIECE

A rare Picasso painting at New York’ City’s Metropolitan Museum of Art was damaged with a 6-inch tear when a clumsy art lover lost her balance and stumbled into the $80 million work of art.
The unidentified woman was attending an adult education class last week when she lost her balance and fell against The Actor, [...]