Now playing Next Culture news Amsterdam's Rembrandt House Museum transforms into tattoo parlour “Highbrow to lowbrow” is how Dutch tattoo artist Henk Schiffmaker describes his latest project - inking sketches by Rembrandt van Rijn onto the skin of visitors in the building the Golden Age master once called home. 20/06/2023
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Now playing Next no comment International Tattoo Convention returns to Amsterdam After a two-year hiatus due to the pandemic, the International Tattoo Convention in Amsterdam reopens. 17/09/2022
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Now playing Next Culture news World’s oldest working tattoo parlour hit by EU ink ban The world's oldest still-functioning tattoo parlour has been hit by new European Union rules, banning thousands of chemicals in colourful tattoo ink. 25/01/2022
Now playing Next Art How the new EU ink ban may be permanently scarring the tattoo industry The EU Commission argues that tattoo artists have had plenty of time to prepare for the switch. A petition surpassing 160,000 signatures begs to differ. 05/01/2022
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