Is this Art? + other pics of the week

Are you still in holiday mode? Need to catch up on the news? Here is a quick roundup of the most talked about pictures this week.

Sydney Children's Hospital cancelled the exhibition of works by some of Australia's leading artists. After hospital officials saw one of the works - a photograph by the Archibald Prize winner Del Kathryn Barton - in which her six-year-old son is shown naked from the waist up.

The flooding across Queensland - said to be nearing it's peak -affects 40 towns and more than 4,000 people have now been evacuated. As three great river networks - the Fitzroy, the Burnett and the Condamine-Balonne river basins continue to be swamped.

Isabelle Caro, a French actress and model whose anorexic image appeared in a shock Italian ad campaign in 2007, dies at the age of 28.

Caro, who had her own blog site, said she had suffered from anorexia since she was 13 as the result of a 'difficult childhood'. Pictured here in 2007.

Carrie Bickmore's husband, Greg Lange, dies after a decade long battle with cancer.

Salman Taseer, the governor of Pakistan's Punjab province, is assassinated at an Islamabad market by his own bodyguard. Taseer was mudered because the bodyguard opposed his criticism of Pakistan’s blasphemy laws.

The Zimbabwean 100 trillion dollar note becomes the hottest seller to western tourists visiting Zimbabwe. The old defunct note sells for an average of $5 (3.80 euro) depending on its condition.

Michael Jackson’s doctor, Dr Conrad Murray, is in court for the preliminary hearing of manslaughter in Los Angeles to determine whether there is enough evidence to hold a full trial.

Selena Gomez and Justin Bieber kiss aboard a private yacht over the New Year’s weekend in the Caribbean. The kiss has since led to Gomez receiving death threats on Twitter.

These are some of the death threats aimed at Selena Gomez after she kissed Justin Bieber, the owners of these tweets may face legal action.

Former England Test cricketer, Sir Ian Botham called Australian cricketer, Phil Hughes a cheater after he celebrated a 'catch', which would have seen Alastair Cook out for 99 runs.

Actor Pete Postlethwaite dies of cancer age 64. His films included Brassed Off, The Usual Suspects, The Shipping News, Inception and The Town.

Gerry Rafferty, the singer-songwriter who wrote songs such as Stuck in the Middle with You and Baker Street in the 1970's, dies aged 63 after a long illness.

Lady Gaga tweets this pantless photo of herself on Twitter to promote her new album. She describes the album, due for release mid May as 'a marriage of electronic music with major, epic, dare I even say, metal or rock ’n’ roll, pop, anthemic style melodies with sledgehamming dance beats.'

Australian androgynous male model Andrej Pejic is featured in a Marc by Marc Jacobs ad campaign (right).

Russell Brand tweets this photo of his wife, Katy Perry without make-up.

Playboy founder, Hugh Hefner, 84, announces his engagement on Twitter to 24-year-old Playmate Crystal Harris.

Jennifer Hawkins and Jake Wall appear in New Idea showing off the $200,000 brilliant-cut ring that Wall proposed with during a holiday in New Zealand.

The house Ferris Bueller spent his day off in, is on the market for $1.65 million dollars.

Spanish clothing store, Desigual holds an almost naked sale in Madrid, the first 100 customers to arrive at the store in their undies leave dressed courtesy of the store.

Shane Warne's tv show, Warnie, is axed reportedly due to Australia's poor cricket season and dwindling ratings.

Macaulay Culkin splits up with long-term girlfriend of eight years and Black Swan star, Mila Kunis.

Naomi Watts husband, Liev Schreiber takes part in surfing lessons at Bondi Beach in Sydney.

Justin Bieber appears on the cover of Vanity Fair with the coverline 'Is this the adorable inescapable face of 2011?'

Taylor Swift and Jake Gyllenhaal announce their split.

Lindsay Lohan is lauching a website as part of her 'comeback'. This is the image from the front of site www.lindsaylohan.com

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