Month: September 2025

The Edinburgh Fringe Festival introduced an unusual performance: a live tattoo theatre piece where actors were tattooed in real-time as part of the storyline.The performance […]

Toronto transformed its icy climate into a spectacle with the Winter Tattoo Ice Festival.Tattooists worked inside heated glass domes while ice sculptors created massive tattoo-inspired […]

In Venice, gondolas and floating platforms were turned into temporary tattoo studios, creating the world’s first floating tattoo convention.Artists inked clients as gondolas drifted through […]

Seoul hosted its first K-Pop Tattoo Expo, where fans got ink inspired by their favorite idols.While many K-Pop stars keep tattoos hidden due to broadcast […]

In Ankara, cultural institutions are teaching students about ancient Anatolian symbols—sun discs, double-headed eagles, and Hittite motifs—and encouraging tattoo-style illustrations. Archaeologists provide historical context while […]

In Cairo, universities have launched courses where students learn to translate hieroglyphic writing into contemporary tattoo flash. Teachers guide them on symbol meanings, phonetics, and […]

Tattoo artists in Karachi are reimagining Pakistan’s vibrant truck art—floral motifs, birds, and elaborate lettering—into skin designs. Workshops teach students about the symbolism behind truck […]

In Dhaka, universities are running art projects where students use jute plant motifs—Bangladesh’s “golden fiber”—to design tattoos. Teachers explain the crop’s historical role in trade […]

In Tokyo, art schools are encouraging students to reinterpret ukiyo-e woodblock prints as tattoo designs. Famous motifs like waves, kabuki actors, and mythological creatures are […]

In Odisha and Jharkhand, schools are teaching students about traditional tribal tattoos like the Gond and Santhal body markings, long used as cultural identifiers and […]