The workers who pose for artists at historic organizations like the Art Students League say they are overworked and underpaid in a field that rarely values them.

The thought of stepping in front of a roomful of artists as a figure drawing model for the first time was nerve-wracking for Michelle Long. She recalls nervously rehearsing for her modeling debut in ...

Kent Van Dusseldorp creates dynamic poses for artists during Zoom sessions on his computer. Through the coronavirus shutdown, he's discovered that can now pose for anyone around the world. Nude ...

Over the years I’ve scrutinized, squinted at and visually dissected every inch of easily more than 100 naked humans. That’s because my passion is figure drawing, so I rack up a lot of hours staring at ...

At the American Museum of Ceramic Art in Pomona, an audacious installation by Christina A. West called “Strut” left some early visitors feeling uneasy — which was the point. “She’s really pushing the ...

Naomi Watts, Christina Di Donna and former Victoria’s Secret model Kristy Hinze-Clark hosted a benefit for the New York Academy of Art, where guests showed off their own artistic skills. Taking to ...

Pegi Taylor is a freelance writer, performance artist and a nude --or "art" -- model. Not a pin-up girl or the star of a series of adult videos, rather a self-described "Plain Jane" who, every week, ...

NEW YORK (AP) – New York City’s streets are Trina Merry’s studio, and the naked body is her canvas. She creates remarkable images that seamlessly camouflage her mostly nude models into New York City’s ...

From catalog to couture, the right male model poses can mean the difference between selling a fantasy or missing the mark. But not everyone has Blue Steel as a fallback, so if you’re an aspiring Tyson ...

The first time Elliott Vargas posed nude for artists, it wasn't at the Detroit Queer Sketch Series. The 27-year-old had already tried their hand at modeling at Detroit's venerable Scarab Club, coaxed ...

Helga Testorf is considered to be the last unknown person made famous by a painting. Testorf was Andrew Wyeth’s model from 1971 to 1985, during which time Wyeth secretly made over 240 paintings of her ...