DUBAI: Whether as object or subject, the female form has been central to visual art for as long as representational art has been attempted. Four variations on this ever-mutable theme can be found in ...

Robust, voluptuous, and sexually frank, the works in Tête-à-Tête showcase Caland’s outré sense of humor and vivacity. Huguette Caland, "Bribes de corps (Body Bits)" (1973), oil on linen, 60 x 60 ...

Willem de Kooning mostly drew women, and his relationship to both — subject and medium, that is — was fiercely ambivalent. This was luck for drawing, if not for women. A fine selection of works on ...

In America, a typical bachelorette party involves cocktails, dancing and for the more adventurous, a strip club visit. But in Australia, bachelorettes often find themselves drawing a “gorgeous, naked, ...

Fleur Childs founded The Artful Bachelorette in New York in 2012. Women can sip champagne while sketching a nude model in a judgment- free zone. Courtesy / The Artful Bachelorette In America, a ...