Though 2024 wasn’t a banner year in many respects, the internet can at least congratulate itself on yet another annual bumper crop of memes. And let’s not forget the role of art in making it happen!

The “Classic Art Memes” Facebook group takes, well, classic paintings and art, and adds hilarious and relatable captions to ...

Medieval imagery wasn’t meant to be funny when it was made hundreds of years ago, but all over Instagram it has been remixed, captioned, and somehow reads as peak hilarious — depending on your sense ...

Not everyone appreciates a good, old art masterpiece. Some might even go as far as calling it boring. It could be because they struggle to interpret the message behind the painting, or maybe they miss ...

Classical art was once reserved for the high-brow, rich, and elite. It served as a display of their power, social standing, and impeccable, sophisticated taste. But, my dahlings, the playing field has ...

Art movements have often evolved alongside the forces that shape our daily lives in each era. In the digital age, the most influential of these forces is the internet. Life today moves similarly to ...

Born to jest, but stuck jousting with the daily grind of a soul-sucking 9-to-5 and the occasional existential crisis? Same. Luckily, history professor Medievalist Matt is here to ease your pain—with ...

The meme has been around so long that it has infiltrated other memes. Installation view of "Rene Magritte - The Treachery of Images" at Schirn Kunsthalle in Frankfurt am Main, Germany, 2017. Photo: ...