A study by researchers from Sweden and Hungary shows that white, painted stripes on the body protect skin from insect bites. It is the first time researchers have successfully shown that body-painting ...

In the late 1990s, Austrian Alex Barendregt stumbled across 1970s-era fashion photographs of German model Veruschka covered head-to-toe in body paint. He was intrigued, but his research failed to turn ...

We may be used to seeing paintings of nude human bodies inside museums, but artist Andy Golub is flipping the script. Golub has created public body-painting events around the globe, using volunteers ...