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 ...

When Leonardo da Vinci painted the Mona Lisa, I’m pretty sure he didn’t imagine she’d one day also become a global meme, complete with her “Monday Lisa” makeover. You know the one where her tidy hair ...

Classical art might be centuries old, but the emotions in those paintings still feel weirdly familiar today. That’s exactly what makes the Instagram page “Classical Art Memes” so entertaining. By ...

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 ...

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: ...