Henk Schiffmacher is a famous Amsterdam-based tattoo artist and historian; TATTOO: 1730s-1970s. Henk Schiffmacher’s Private Collection, an enormous, luxurious coffee table book, presents more than 700 ...

Sacramento History Museum brings 'Inked Women' from California's history to town The Sacramento History Museum is presenting the history of California's tattooed women in its new exhibit starting Feb.

Unrecorded artist's female figurine with hair in the “Hathor Style” and markings that appear to be tattoos from Egypt's Middle Kingdom (c. 1850–1750 BCE), faience and paint, 5 inches (12.7 cm) (image ...

Tattooing spans thousands of years, emerging in contexts ranging from medicine and military service to protection and punishment. Its evolving role reflects both power structures and personal ...

Ancient Nubian tattoos on children reshape ideas about belief, care, and the body. Along the Nile, in what is now Sudan, archaeologists have uncovered evidence that children (some barely past infancy) ...

If you’ve ever been interested in exploring the history of tattoos or designing one, the Sidney and Lois Eskenazi Museum of Art will host its next monthly Tattoo Design Workshop at 3 p.m. Feb. 11. The ...

A new tattoo convention at Terminal 5 was equal parts art museum, trade show, history lesson and concert. A new tattoo convention at Terminal 5 was equal parts art museum, trade show, history lesson ...

In today’s generation, tattoos are seen as a way people can creatively express themselves. But in India, it is also seen as a Western ideology of freedom and identity. Tattooing has existed since ...

BLOOMINGTON — Harley Heumann hunches over the forearm of his client, carefully needling black pigment into the shape of flowers. The 28-year-old Bloomington tattoo artist's pen softly buzzes as he ...

Greensburg tattoo shop owner Nick Christofano has inked himself into the industry history books. After 28 years in the business, Christofano received a patent late last year for a tattoo machine he ...