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Arts & Culture
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Feature
Jan 26, 2021
In the chair
Chicago tattoo artists talk new protocols during COVID-19.
By Jenna Rimensnyder
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Ink Master
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Mario Desa
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Great Lakes Tattoo
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Jennifer Trok
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Deluxe Tattoo
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Wish Me Luck Tattoo
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Faith
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Black Atlas Studio
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Angel Antonio
Arts & Culture
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Pride 2020
Jun 24, 2020
#QTTRs make their mark
These four queer artists are building their own community in the tattoo world.
By Taryn Allen
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#qttr
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queer tattooers
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Gabriel Chalfin-Piney
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buddy.
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Diana Regalado
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Becca Iturralde
Arts & Culture
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Art Feature
Oct 16, 2018
Time Being Tattoo brings its founders’ DIY spirit to a professional setting
“We want people to feel like their existence is respected.”
By Anna White
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Emily Kempf
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Keara McGraw
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Sema Graham
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A Tale for the Time Being
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DIY
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Black Oak Tattoo
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The Block Beat
Jun 27, 2018
Video
Reality TV star Phor leads a tour through the cradle of his creativity
He’s gone from painting on Nikes and writing verses in his grandma’s Marynook basement to tattooing on
Black Ink Crew: Chicago
and working with superproducer London on da Track.
By The TRiiBE
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Don Brumfield
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Ryan Henry
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Thornwood High School
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Bleader
Jan 25, 2018
This guy loved Mark E. Smith more than you ever did because he got a Mark E. Smith tattoo
And he lived in
Berwyn
.
By Aimee Levitt
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Cliff Doerksen
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Speakeasy Custom Tattoo
Arts & Culture
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Art Review
Nov 17, 2016
Recommended
‘Tattoo’ leaves a permanent mark at the Field Museum
The exhibit is an illuminating and wide-ranging survey of the practice of body art.
By Tal Rosenberg
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Charles Carpenter
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Mojave
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Sailor Jerry
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Norman Keith Collins
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Yann Black
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Fall Preview
Sep 2, 2016
The ten best bets for fall visual arts
Expo Chicago, "Tattoo" at the Field Museum, and more
By Tal Rosenberg and Sara Cohen
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Blow Up: Inflatable Contemporary Art
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Elmhurst Art Museum
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Ben Rivers
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Urth
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Every Building in Baghdad: The Rifat Chadirji Archives at the Arab Image Foundation
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Graham Foundation
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Tseng Kwong Chi: Performing for the Camera
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Northwestern University Block Museum of Art
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Expo Chicago
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Navy Pier
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Dateline: Bronzeville
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Dorchester Art and Housing Collaborative Center
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Heavy Sketches
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Theaster Gates
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Richard Gray Gallery
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Moholy-Nagy: Future Present
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László Moholy-Nagy
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Art Institute of Chicago
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Tattoo
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Diana Thater: The Sympathetic Imagination
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Museum of Contemporary Art
Music
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Gossip Wolf
Aug 23, 2016
Simulation celebrate a new tape at ESS’s Summersonic festival
Plus: Tortoise drummer John Herndon and artist Jennifer Gutowski marry at Rainbo, and Bric-a-Brac Records takes over East Room for Scummer Slam 2016.
By J.R. Nelson and Leor Galil
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Goethe Elementary School
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Gina Herzik
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Bleader
Jan 11, 2016
Video
David Bowie and me
Why I loved Bowie enough to tattoo his lyrics on my arm, and how I'm dealing now that he's gone.
By Brianna Wellen
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Bleader
Aug 25, 2010
Is That Mark E. Smith on Your Trapezius?
Spotted in Berwyn.
By Cliff Doerksen
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Chicago Antisocial
Jun 9, 2005
Summertime, and the Pleasures Are Guilty
Slurping rum from an ice sculpture, listening to Jack FM, and other humiliations.
By Liz Armstrong
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Captain Morgan
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Tattoo
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