3200 people strip off for art installation in UK

UK: Thousands of people took part in an event organized by a New York-based artist Spencer Tunick to strip and been painted blue as they starred in a huge installation to celebrate Hull's relationship with the sea in the UK on Saturday.
According to Hull City Council, 3200 people took part in the event described as the largest of its kind ever to be staged in the UK.

Participants from 20 countries, including American 80 year old Stephane Janssen, who has posed for the artist on 20 previous occasions took part in 'Tunick's Sea of Hull installation'

In celebration of Hull's maritime heritage, hundreds of people who assembled at sunrise were smeared with four shades of blue body paint and then posed for a series of site specific installations around some of the city's best known historic locations.
These locations included the former Queens Dock, now a city centre park, the Guildhall and the award-winning Scale Lane swing bridge over the River Hull.

Tunick's latest work has been commissioned by Hull's Ferens Art Gallery.

Hull City Council said Saturday's turnout had the largest number of participants taking part in any of Tunick's previous UK artworks, beating Gateshead in 2005 and Salford in 2010.