Topless at 52: Kim Cattrall bares the younger models

In the name of art: Kim Cattrall, 52, bared virtually all to recreate Titian masterpiece Diana and Actaeon alongside (L-R) Gemma Rolls-Bentley, Kimberly Williams and Yulia Pykhtina

Enlarge The shoot was organised by BBC programme The Culture Show and helmed by photographer and artist Tom Hunter

Tom Hunter is well known for his recreation of old masters and is the only photographer to have had an exhibition at the National Gallery, London.
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nged Hunter to create a 21st century version of the painting after he came out in support of the campaign to raise £50million to keep it on public display in Britain.
For the recreation, Cattrall posed alongside the cast of cult cabaret production La Clique; David O Mer, Fiona Anderson, Anna Harnden, Alexandra Roy, Ursula Martinez, Gemma Rolls-Bentley, Kimberly Williams and Yulia Pykhtina.



Titian's Diana: One of two paintings - Diana and Actaeon, and Diana and Callisto - being offered by the Duke of Sutherland to the National Galleries of Scotland and the National Gallery of London at £50million

And Miss Cattrall features as Diana in the picture alongside art students from the Courtauld Institute and performers from the hit West End burlesque show La Clique.
Tom said: 'Kim is the perfect Diana. Just like the Greek goddess, she combines beauty with a sense of threat.


'She was a great sport and at 52 made an amazing Diana. She more than held her own among a room full of twenty-somethings.


'The picture can't of course hold a candle to the original which deserves to remain on public view. This painting is sublime and to lose it to a private collection would be a tragedy.'
Cattrall, whose parents are British, is a regular visitor to the National Gallery and a huge admirer of Titian's work.



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