Back when pregnant women wore mumus to hide their bumps, a mom-to-be saved her decorating efforts for the nursery. But just as maternity fashion has changed dramatically, some women have taken to ...

It’s cute when kids get their faces painted. It’s scary when Tom Cruise does. It’s just plain weird when pregnant women get their bellies painted, but that’s a trend, according to the New York Daily ...

about a week ago, and didn't think much about it. However, this week's New York Magazine slotted it in the "despicable'' and "lowbrow'' section of it's . It all seemed a bit too hippyish. I mean, if ...

An artistic group called Pacific Face Painters is threatening to make ultrasounds a thing of the past. These inventive and playful painters have been adorning the protruding abdomens of pregnant women ...

Pregnancy and birth may be a couple of the most common experiences known to humanity, but they are notably under-represented in the Western canon of visual art. Beyond representations of the Virgin ...

18 moms-to-be enter the final of a pregnant belly painting contest in Beijing, July 3, 2005. 18 moms-to-be entered the final of a pregnant belly painting contest in Beijing, July 3, 2005. The picture ...

Husbands draw pictures on their pregnant wives' bellies at a stadium in Hefei, Anhui province, on Jun 11, 2017. A total of 897 mothers-to-be participated in the event, which was recognized by the ...

“The belly is the perfect surface. It’s nice and round,” Thompson said. Okay, so next we may see famous artists taking advantage of this underutilized platonic ideal of surface and doing belly-work.