Memes have evolved from internet jokes into a powerful art movement shaping culture, communication, and creativity. Discover how meme art became a defining force of the 21st century.

The men were honored with a statue made in their image at a festival in Birmingham in August. The statue's artist said he's faced online mockery from people saying it was a "waste" of money. A British ...

If you like art and are on Instagram, then you probably know the account @freeze_magazine—that’s freeze spelled with an E, like “help me, I’m freezing,” not with an I, like the popular art magazine ...

Classical art and elements of digital technology like memes are two worlds apart. But who says you can’t mix these two to create something funny to draw some quick laughs? The Classical Art Central ...

Between 1518 and 1520, Pope Leo X sat for a portrait by the Renaissance master Raphael. A lifelong patron of the arts, he wished for this dignified painting, which shows him dressed in his papal garb ...

Turns out, the Renaissance was messy, and we have the memes to prove it. Classical art is full of side-eyes, meltdowns, and wildly over-the-top emotions that feel… weirdly relatable. Pages like ...

A Seattle meme artist known as Sunday Nobody has sunk a three-metre bronze mash-up of Handsome Squidward and the ancient ...

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 ...

Memes don’t usually have the longest shelf life. Temporary Internet superstars like Antoine Dodson and once-popular photos like Scumbag Steve fade into obscurity and get replaced by newer, trendier ...

If you’re an artist living in China, take some advice from the example of Dai Jianyong: don’t make potty jokes about the president. Meme-ing by the Buddha (via) According to AP, Jianyong posted ...