Honored to have been featured on The New York Times This Is Not a Beauty Podcast by L’Oréal Group hosted by Isabella Rossellini !!!   TODAY is the debut of Ep. 1 Leaving a Mark with my old friends Grace Tattoo Buscalan & Tattooed by Apo Whang-Od (we tackle the 2nd half of the ep)!!   We Tattoos! The post LARS FEATURED IN NEW YORK TIMES ‘THIS IS NOT A BEAUTY’ PODCAST first appeared on LARS KRUTAK ..read more

I am excited to announce my new book Tattoo Traditions of Asia: Ancient and Contemporary Expressions of Identity will be published by the University of Hawai’i Press (UHP) in October 2024. For advance praise and reviews, please visit the The University of Hawai’i Press’ webpage for this project which was 20+ years in the making! Here are two: “Traditional cultural practices are fast becoming endangered due to cross-pollination and westernization. Tattoo Traditions of Asia is an important resource for both those interested in understanding the foundations of tattooing and those w ..read more

Tattoo You: A New Generation of Artists showcases 75 rising stars who are redefining the industry. The first book of its kind, Tattoo You features artists curated by a global panel of experts, including some of tattooing’s most important names, such as Lars Krutak, Grace Neutral, Claudia De Sabe, Matt McCormick, Tamara Santibañez, Lal Hardy, Marisa Kakoulas, Matt Lodder, Tann Koga (Ink the Diaspora), and Jay Freestyle. Big thanks to Alice Snipe, author of the Introduction, who writes on p. 8: “Also included included among the nominators are Lal Hardy, who upholds tattooing’s ric ..read more

Humbled to have been invited to present the opening tattoo section chapter in the forthcoming The Oxford Handbook of the Archaeology and Anthropology of Body Modification. This is an ambitious and loaded book with contributions by leading Indigenous tattoo practitioners, tattoo archaeologists, physical scientists, and others and is a landmark publication encompassing numerous forms of body modification practiced from prehistoric times  to the present. My contribution is a survey of the existing ethnographic  literature that includes the work of contemporary Indigenous tattoo scholars ..read more

Very honored to have been invited to present the 20th Annual Paul & Erika Bourguignon Lecture in Art and Anthropology at Ohio State University. This was the first post-COVID lecture with an amazing turnout and fab reception that followed. It was a great pleasure meeting OSU faculty and students as well as members of the tattoo community prior to the lecture and afterwards at the reception. Many distinguished scholars previously presented this annual lecture and now I am certainly in good company!    The post LARS PRESENTS 20th ANNUAL PAUL & ERIKA BOURGUIGNON LECTURE @ OHIO ST ..read more

Amazing to return to Buscalan and see old friend Apo Whang Od Oggay, Grace Palicas, and many others to complete filming for the feature length documentary Treasure of the Rice Terraces. Here is a gallery of images from the shoot and we can’t wait to return for the world premier of the documentary in early 2025! To be continued….   The post LARS & “TREASURE OF THE RICE TERRACES” CREW RETURN TO BUSCALAN! first appeared on LARS KRUTAK ..read more

Thank you TATTOOFEST for inviting me to attend the 2023 event in Krakow! Over 500+ artists, 3 days of tattooing and programming and I look forward to 2024.  I took the main stage in the Dialogue Zone to talk tattoo and to watch the video please visit this YouTube page! TATTOOFEST interview in Krakow, Poland (2023) The post TATTOOFEST INTERVIEWS LARS KRUTAK IN KRAKOW first appeared on LARS KRUTAK ..read more

Fantastic time at the New Mexico Tattoo Fiesta this year delivering two lectures, signing books, and offering rare tattoo volumes to collectors. Many thanks to the Albuquerque Journal for putting together this interview which you can watch on YouTube! Hope to see everyone again in 2024! Salute! The post LARS LECTURES – NEW MEXICO TATTOO FIESTA & VIDEO! first appeared on LARS KRUTAK ..read more

Thank you Humboldt Forum collections online for featuring my photography which is part of the ongoing “Naga Land. Voices from Northeast India” exhibition in Berlin! To view the images, click here! The post LARS’ PHOTOGRAPHS AT THE HUMBOLDT FORUM EXHIBITION “NAGA LAND” first appeared on LARS KRUTAK ..read more

Thank you C/O Vienna Magazine for the illustrated interview ‘Der Tattoo Anthropologe’ on scarification featuring some of my photography!  To read the full story, click here and scroll through Tab 6 (bottom) if you dare… The post “THE TATTOO ANTHROPOLOGIST” INTERVIEW IN VIENNA MAGAZINE (AUSTRIA) first appeared on LARS KRUTAK ..read more