Body art has come a long way in the past two decades, from Māori symbolism to the "warm hug" tattoo. Here are nine works by a new generation of tattoo artists who are bringing innovation and diversity ...

Across the Pacific, tattoos are etched into the culture. Finding meaning in your own ‘story on skin’ helps honor the tradition. A young man in Oahu, Hawai‘i, gets a tattoo the traditional way, with a ...

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We’ve all seen those bad tattoos of “English names in Chinese” (spoiler alert…they’re not) or kanji characters for love, beauty, and harmony, that are, more likely than not, written incorrectly or ...

Members of Chhattisgarh’s Ramnami community tattoo the name of Ram on their bodies. But the struggle for livelihood means that this practice of tattooing is not prevalent anymore The first few days ...

Tattoo artist Taki Kitamura, center, sits amongst his clients at Wesley United Methodist Church in San Jose's Japantown. Photo by John Agcaoili courtesy of San Francisco Public Library Taki and Molly ...

A galvanizing moment may be coming for licensing and registration system for giving tattoos, which has been outlawed for 4 decades The National Human Rights Commission of Korea may soon recommend the ...