Damien Hirst creates his own rainbow art featuring his trademark butterfly designs in support of NHS

Damien Hirst creates his own rainbow art featuring his trademark butterfly designs as Sir Quentin Blake launches range of free rainbow e-cards to help people connect with loved ones during coronavirus lockdown Damien Hirst has created his own rainbow art to pay tribute to NHS staff Children across the UK have been making pictures of … Read more

Art dealer couple sell private collection including pieces by Andy Warhol to raise funds for NHS

Art dealer and his doctor wife put works from their private collection up for sale including pieces by Andy Warhol and Henry Moore to raise ‘tens of thousands of pounds’ for NHS staff Claire and James Hyman, owners of Hyman Collection, selling discounted art  Couple inspired to support NHS after daughter contracted form of coronavirus Andy … Read more

Museum challenges people in lock-down to recreate works of art with objects at home

Life imitating art! Social media users recreate their favourite masterpieces using ONLY items found around the house – with hilarious results A museum has challenged people to recreate their favourite works of art using objects they have at home LA-based Getty Museum penned: ‘ Choose your favourite artwork. Find three things lying around your house’ … Read more

Turning sailing into an art form: Saga’s Spirit of Discovery ship has a £1million art collection

Turning sailing into an art form: On board Saga’s Spirit of Discovery ship, which boasts a £1million art collection Saga’s new Spirit of Discovery cruise ship has an incredible 1,200 commissioned pieces of art on board  The ship’s onboard library has 3,500 books, as well as comfortable chairs with soft blankets for reading  It also has … Read more

Body painter turns naked models into classic works of art

A body painter has brought new life to classic works of art by integrating naked models into beloved paintings, including Starry Nights by Vincent Van Gogh; Water Lilies by Claude Monet; and Les Demoiselles d’Avignon by Pablo Picasso. Trina Merry, 40, from New York City has devoted her life to her vocation since she was literally … Read more

Coronavirus-inspired nail art is the latest bizarre beauty trend

Coronavirus-inspired nail art is the latest bizarre beauty trend – with Instagram users sharing snaps of their talons clad in medical mask designs, hand sanitiser and 3D models of COVID-19 Bizarre new trend sees Instagram users share their coronavirus-inspired nail art  Images from around the globe include medical mask and hand sanitiser designs  One set of … Read more

American art teacher reveals he was detained at Chinese airport and has been living in quarantine

An American art teacher has been quarantined in China since he arrived to the country six days ago and is giving DailyMailTV an inside look at his mandatory government isolation   Originally from Miami, Florida, Branden Paillant, 30, is an American living and working in China – the epicenter of the corona outbreak where over 3,000 … Read more

Britain’s buried treasures: Exquisite works of art are tucked away in tiny village churches

BOOK OF THE WEEK THE MOTHER OF BEAUTY by Nigel Andrew (Thorntree Press £10, 244 pp) We English have a world-class literature, it is often said, with Dickens and Shakespeare, but we’re not so good on art and music. If it’s great symphonies you want, you have to turn to Germany and Austria; for painting and … Read more