At a time of increasing anxiety about physical anatomy, figurative sculptors are breathing new life into one of the world’s oldest media. By Zoë Lescaze IT’S A CONFUSING time to have a body. On the ...

Six human figures with animal characteristics confront an animal called an anoa in a cave painting in Indonesia dating back to nearly 44,000 years. It's believed to be the oldest record of ...

At least once a month self-taught visual artist Emmy Tran and a group of like-minded individuals gather to paint their own bodies. Tran leads the way, teaching participants how to emulate their ...

From the chiseled perfection of a Greek god carved from marble to the serene tranquility of a Buddha cast in bronze, the way European and Asian statues depict the human body couldn’t be more different ...