The elevation of the tattoo

From The Atlantic: "The tattoo is no longer quite the symbol of rebellion and subculture it once was. Roughly one in five Americans has one, and that rate is much higher for Millennials than their Boomer counterparts. Popular tattoo artists such as Nikko Hurtado regularly have close to a million Instagram followers, and the stigma against tattoos in the workplace is slowly fading in many parts of the country. Another sign of America's broadening acceptance of the 1,000-year-old art form? High-art tattoo auctions and museum exhibitions. In November the eccentric auction house Guernsey's … offered up a collection of 1,500 images by some of the world's foremost tattoo artists for between $50 and $50,000."