Tattooing can be traced back over 5,000 years to a naturally mummified human named Ötzi, whose 61 charcoal-incised markings are believed to be the oldest tattoos in the world. The practice of inking ...

Don Ed Hardy, “Future Plans” (1967), etching, 11 13/16 x 9 1/4 inches (Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco, gift of the artist 2017.46.56 © Don Ed Hardy, image ...

Tattoo collections are beginning to be all the rage for museum exhibitions. One at the New York Historical Society in 2017 focused particular attention on women and tattoos. Other displays worldwide ...

Step outside of the Air and Space Museum and into the Lyle Tuttle Tattoo Art Collection in San Francisco, California to explore the symbolism of tattoo body art during World War II. Carolyn Russo ...

Over the years, tattoos have gone from the outskirts of society into the mainstream. Tattoo designs have gone through all sorts of trends — from simplistic black-and-white drawings to body art and ...

Actors such as 'Pam & Tommy's Sebastian Stan undergo hours-long fake ink applications, while talent like Harry Styles and Pete Davidson cover up real tattoos amid legal concerns over copyright. By ...

NĀ KOA®, the Hawaii-based line of leather goods with authentic Polynesian tattoo art ( is celebrating its 11th anniversary. In 2015, the brand introduced a small collection of men's bifold wallets and ...

Tattoos have long been an artistic way of displaying one’s personality or artistic appreciation, along with offering the chance to make connections. They also play a role in the sport of swimming, ...

The world’s oldest figurative tattoos have been discovered on two 5,000-year-old mummies from Egypt. Tattoos depicting a wild bull and a Barbary sheep were found on the upper arm of a male mummy, ...

Jay Janner is a staff photographer at the Austin American-Statesman where, since 2003, he has documented life in one of the most dynamic cities in America. In his more than 30-year career, Janner ...