Dave Herman founder of the City Reliquary Museum in Brooklyn joins tattoo artist Michelle Myles on the WNYC show, All of It with Alison Stewart to discuss the exhibit, Liberty the Tattooed Lady currently on display at the museum
Alison Stewart: “A 2023 study from the Pew Research Center found that about one-third of Americans have a tattoo, and 22% of adults have more than one. For over 100 years New York has been the epicenter of modern tattooing, with the most important innovations taking shape right on the Bowery in lower Manhattan. A new exhibit at the city reliquary focuses on the history of tattoos here in New York and specifically tattoos of the Statue of Liberty. New Yorkers have loved getting Lady Liberty tattooed and the exhibit contains vintage photos and designs of old statues of liberty tattoos, as well as images of modern Lady Liberty designs. The exhibit is titled, Liberty the Tattooed lady, the great Bartholdi statue as depicted in tattooing. It's up now at the City Reliquary Museum and Civic Organization in Williamsburg until mid January 2025.
Alison is joined by the founder and curator of the museum, Dave Herman along with his co-curator, tattoo artist Michelle Miles of Daredevil NYC tattoo shop and museum…
