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Skip the Museum’s Gift Shop and Get One Of These Art Tattoos Instead

By Leah Mulroney | July 27, 2022 | Updated on July 10, 2024 | Leave a Comment
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Famous Art as Tattoos
Famous Art Tattoos - Mucha’s ladies
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Famous Art Tattoos - Picasso Faces

It’s time to retire your blurry photos from when you studied abroad in Europe 10 years ago. Instead, commemorate love of arts and culture with these famous art tattoos.

You don’t have to be an art connoisseur with a questionable amount of spare change to appreciate famous art. You just need an empty patch of skin to fill up with ink! Well, and some spare change to tip your tattoo artist. (Cheez-Its don’t really cut it.)
Famous Art as Tattoos

Whether you go classical, modern, or just plain dark, we’ve rounded up something for everyone on this list with art tattoos inspired by Picasso, Mucha, and that guy who painted like Picasso. Oh, yeah. Matisse! These tattoos will make you look instantly artsier. Wear your beret to complete the look.

 

25 Famous Art Tattoos

1. Banksy’s Girl with a Balloon

We’re loving this nod to the greatest graffiti artist of all time. Just make sure the girl doesn’t let the balloon float away…tattoos are expensive!

Famous Art Tattoos - Banksy
Photo Credit: @greg_klotz

 

2. Picasso-inspired Faces

With this creative interpretation, you can go back and get a new one every time your mood changes. You were looking for a whole sleeve in under 24 hours, right?

Famous Art Tattoos - Picasso Faces
Photo Credit: @chuckieneedles

 

3. Matisse’s Silhouette

We like this style, but instead of a human, we got a silhouette of our dogs. They’re big modern art fans.

Famous Art Tattoos - Matisse’s silhouette
Photo Credit: @idleworship

 

4. DaVinci’s Vitruvian Man

We think this would be even better as a Vitruvian David Bowie or a Vitruvian Snoopy.

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5. Mucha’s Ladies

Just make sure they’re not fighting over the Vitruvian man. Drama totally clogs up your pores.

Famous Art Tattoos - Mucha’s ladies
Photo Credit: @lixi_sickandnormal

 

6. Warhol’s Banana

As in, the fruit. Get your mind out of the gutter!

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A post shared by Garrett Samuelson (@garretttattoo)

 

7. Van Gogh’s Starry Night

Skys in the pre-air pollution days really hit different.

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A post shared by Alice Lando (@lafragile_)

 

8. Basquiat’s Crown

It’s a tattoo fit for a queen. Even if you’re just the queen of your couch on Saturday mornings.

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9. The Mona Lisa

The Mona Lisa’s eyes follow everyone who looks at this, so this tattoo will help you keep a watch over things. She actually just got a job as a bouncer down the street, so hopefully you didn’t have weekend plans.

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10. The Mona Lisa Meme

Did you think that classical art needed to be serious? You know DaVinci would have loved creating his own memes.

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11. Banksy’s Grim Reaper

This tattoo says, “I feel like death, but I look really cool.”

https://www.instagram.com/p/CckKh9VFPlm/

 

12. Georgia O’Keeffe Flowers

Life’s a garden. Dig it…and then tattoo it on your body. Add that Joe Dirt quote for the ultimate ink.

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13. Keane’s Big Eyes

This one actually looks a lot like our faces when we’re told we have to attend a 9:00 am meeting on a Monday.

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14. Hokusai’s Wave

Get this one to commemorate the time you thought stand up paddle boarding in the ocean would be a good idea. That wave that knocked you off the board was definitely that big.

https://www.instagram.com/p/B-FND4kHuWc/

 

15. Kahlo’s Two Fridas

Yeah we’d love some! Oh sorry, we thought you said two Fritos.

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A post shared by CataldoTattoo (@cataldotattoo)

 

16. Klimt’s The Kiss

This could be us, but you’re not made of skin and ink.

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17. Degas’s Dancers

The next time someone says you’re jumping to conclusions, just tell them you’re trying to help your dancer get the lead role.

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18. Dali’s Melting Clock

This is how the clock looks at around 3pm when we’re on our fifth cup of office coffee.

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19. Matisse’s Leaves

Nothing says “leave me alone” like a pretty bunch of leaves. At least they look pretty.

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20. Pollock Abstract Expressionism

If you’re not quite ready for a real tattoo, just drop some paint all over yourself and take this one for a test run. Who says you’re too old to finger paint?

https://www.instagram.com/p/5UkAM2g8q8/

 

21. Michelangelo’s Creation of Adam

You can really make this one your own by switching out one of the hands for a crab claw or really anything else. That’s art, baby!

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22. Michelangelo the Ninja Turtle

You can’t tell us that a group of crime fighting turtles eating pizza in matching outfits isn’t art. Make it a bestie tattoo and have your three closest friends get Leonardo, Donatello, and Rafael.

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23. Picasso’s Dove of Peace

This tattoo is inspiring peace and serenity throughout our day. Just kidding, we still need that iced red eye with sweet cream cold foam.

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24. Van Gogh’s Severed Ear

Van Gogh didn’t have to take this performance art to the level that he did. But hear we are.

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25. Botticelli’s Birth Of Venus

If anyone confuses this famous art tattoo for being Ariel from The Little Mermaid, you can correct them. It’s clearly her sister Andrina.

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Leah Mulroney
Leah Mulroney
Leah Mulroney is a writer and standup comedian in Austin, TX, because she loves attention. Her written works can be found on The List, in The Keene Sentinel, and Medium. And she performs her feminine humor on stages all over Texas and the US.
When she's not behind the keyboard or holding a microphone in her hands, you can find Leah having deep philosophical conversations with her tiny dog, letting bags of kale go bad in her fridge while she goes out in search of happy-hour priced sushi, and watching so much true crime TV that she's pretty sure she could actually get away with murder at this point. Follow her on Twitter for the jokes and on Instagram for the "aesthetic."
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