Something remarkable has happened in art galleries over the past decade. Where once only idealized, narrow representations of beauty graced museum walls, we now see bodies of all shapes, sizes, ages, ...

Tattoos. Body paint. Henna. All these are popular kinds of body art with varying histories and cultural connotations, many going back centuries or even longer. They all have something in common, ...

Napoleon Perdis, a body make-up artist at New York Fall Fashion Week, tries to have the models look radiant and fresh on every body part. WSJ's Hilke Schellmann and Jo Piazza go backstage to watch him ...