God bless the artists who attempt to restore classic works, such as our favorite Ecce Homo that we all know and love to mock. Can't say they didn't try!
However, we have to admit that while this particular restoration of the Ghent Altarpiece lamb isn't technically artistically bad, it's still creepy-looking and kind of misses the mark. But at least we get some good memes out of it!
You gotta love any meme that features Mr. Rogers, and this trending dank meme is one of our favorites at the moment that's all about trying your best despite being bad at something. In the words of Yoda, "Do or do not, there is no try."
Dan Milano, a senior producer at Now This News, created this hilarious Twitter thread of his brother building an artistic masterpiece of a Cybertruck at Thanksgiving dinner using mashed potatoes. And honestly we have to admit that we like it better than the real thing - at least this one you can eat. Sorry, Elon.
We never wanted to be that chick whining about breaking her nail, but here we are. No matter how hard you try, most women have moments like this that feel like we are feeding into unfortunate stereotypes. But you know what? That's okay! We're not hurting anyone, and anyway, sometimes it's fun to be basic.
If you were in the mood to feel exceptionally bad about yourself today, then just scroll through these parody Twitter memes which point out the fact that many famous people were exceptionally young when they created brilliant works of art. Well, at least we can all come together over feeling worthless now, right? That's gotta be worth something.
Another day, another hot take from The New York Times.Just a little over a week after their controversial review of beloved steakhouse Peter Luger, the newspaper is back with a spicy take on Leonardo da Vinci's Mona Lisa and her place at Paris' Louvre museum. Times art critic Jason Farago scathingly refers to the Mona Lisa as "the Kim Kardashian of 16th-century Italian portraiture."
Behind the spicy title and harsh wording, Farago actually makes a very reasonable point. He's not suggesting ridding the museum of the Louvre, but posing suggestions for how to make the viewing experience less torturous. According to a poll of British tourists, visiting the painting was ranked as the world's most disappointing attraction. So it's safe to say a lot of people are with Farago. Folks on Twitter, for the most part, relished the controversial opinion piece, making jokes. Some seemed less giddy and, yet, repeated Farago's sentiment in their tweets. Whatever your opinion on the placement of the da Vinci masterpiece, hopefully we can agree that humanity would benefit from reading full articles before shouting their opinions into the internet's ether.
This dank meme, known as "Unfinished Horse Drawing" is being used to convey either dissatisfaction with something (looking at you, Game of Thrones season 8), or the act of half-assing something. Either way, we're glad it's making the rounds on the internet!
Instead of going to a boring museum or reading a tedious textbook in your art history class, suggest to your teacher that you review some of these classical art memes instead. Will they help you actually learn about art history? Probably not, but they are funny and relatable, so what's the harm in that?
Adam Ellis has been churning out cute and relatable comics for years, but it's only since he decided to leave his steady gig at Buzzfeed that his work has started to get...interesting. It would seem that Ellis has a much weirder - and much darker - sense of humor than we originally thought. We've put together some comics that reflect this new edge, and we can't wait for more.
