Art Projects

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The things people will do for fashion: Model Shauna Taylor got a Damien Hirst-designed butterfly permanently tattooed on her ladyparts for the cover of Dasha Zhukova's Garage magazine. Taylor says she signed up for the body art after seeing an ad requesting volunteers, and that it hurt more than she expected. Still: "I would have been stupid not to be part of this project. I have a piece of art on my vagina. Not one single person can ever say they gave birth through a Damien Hirst piece of art. I can [if I ever give birth]." [Page Six]