Cuban Ink

Duke Riley is both a fine artist (he's represented by MagnanMetz Gallery) and a tattoo artist (he owns East River Tattoo in Brooklyn). He is also the founder of the annual St. Patrick's Day parade in Havana, Cuba. Duke successfully pulled off the second annual Desfile de San Patricio this past spring, and just wrote a piece for the upcoming Frank Book Chapter 42: Cuba.

That won't hit the streets until Fall, so in the meantime take a gander at this NY1 video and article about Duke's tattoo experience during a recent trip to Cuba.