tattoos

Health news

Why harmful bacteria in ink might make you rethink getting a tattoo

A recent FDA study found that 35 per cent of unopened and sealed tattoo and permanent makeup PMU inks are contaminated with harmful bacteria.

25/07/2024

Europe News

Want to remember Euro 2024 forever? Get a free tattoo in Berlin, then

Football fans in the German capital are marking their memories of the Euro 2024 tournament permanently for free.

11/07/2024

Culture news

What crazy things have celebrities done with ashes over the years?

Ashes to ashes, funk to *record scratch* what???

18/04/2024

Lifestyle

Would you get your loved one's ashes tattooed into your skin?

In a growing trend, people are finding solace by incorporating the cremated ashes of their loved ones into tattoos.

27/10/2023

Brussels, My Love?

Brussels, my love? EU Climate commissioner steps down

On this edition of Brussels, my love? we ask what problems EU climate plans could face following the departure of Commissioner Frans Timmerman and whether Spanish regional languages including Catalan, Galician and Euskera can become official EU languages.

02/09/2023

Green News

Austria gives free public transport in return for klimaticket tattoos

The promotion has been criticised for using young people’s bodies to advertise political policies.

23/08/2023

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

Culture news

High art to body art: Rembrandt's house turned into a tattoo parlor

Amsterdam's Rembrandt House Museum has transformed one of its rooms into a tattoo parlor for a week-long residency it calls “A Poor Man’s Rembrandt,” featuring some of the city's top tattoo artists.

19/06/2023

Culture news

106-year-old Filipino tattoo artist becomes Vogue's oldest cover model

A 106-year-old Indigenous Filipino tattoo artist becomes Vogue's oldest ever cover model - here's her story.

10/04/2023

Culture news

Abs-olutely nuts: Would you get your abs tattooed?

Wherever you fall on this issue, there’s no denying that this enterprising gent is putting the ‘cut’ in ‘shortcut’.

16/03/2023

Culture news

Chinese tattoo artist tells women's stories through ink

Song Jiayin sees her project as an open-ended documentary that she hopes will help both promote women's voices and challenge stereotypes.

08/03/2023

Culture news

How are tattoos being used to help breast cancer survivors?

Tittoo.org, a growing European foundation, is offering breast cancer survivors free tattoos to help them reclaim their bodies

16/01/2023

Culture news

Meet the studio offering free Kanye West tattoo removals

Yeezy come Yeezy go: Meet the studio offering free Kanye West tattoo removals - We talked to their CEO Briony Garbett about the initiative and the normalization of regret

28/11/2022

Culture news

Tattoo trial: Cardi B cleared of $5 million lawsuit for raunchy cover

Grammy winner Cardi B has won a $5 million lawsuit after a man accused her of misusing his tattoo design in her 2016 debut mixtape

20/10/2022

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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

Culture news

Are indigenous tattoos making a comeback?

Indigenous people from New Zealand to Alaska are reclaiming their heritage by getting facial tattoos, but why now?

12/09/2022

Culture news

Why are tattoo artists receiving suicide awareness training?

A veterans charity wants tattoo artists, hairdressers, and barbers to look out for early signs of suicide in their clients.

08/09/2022

Culture news

What is it like to get your eyeball tattooed?

360 world-class tattoo artists gathered at the annual Big London Tattoo Show to show off their inking skills as extreme body modifications move into the mainstream

06/09/2022

Health news

These nanotech 'e-tattoos' could one day help monitor your health

Its developers say the tech is still in its early stages, but one day it can offer a non-intrusive and personalised way to monitor health conditions.

03/08/2022

Scenes

Meet the artist preserving tribal tattoos in India

In partnership with Media City

"If I learn, I can pass this knowledge on to people. This is how our dying art will be revived again."

20/06/2022