Opinion Pepper Spray Cop Meme Walks Through Art History The pepper-spray cop from UC Davis, or Lt. John Pike, has become a meme, but not just any meme but one that is walking through art works of ...

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!

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 ...

Classical art was meant to be serious, but the internet had other plans. Centuries-old paintings now double as perfect reaction memes, proving that human struggles—and awkward moments—have always been ...

How meme culture evolved into a serious digital art movement redefining creativity, ownership, and permanence online.

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 ...

A beautiful thing happened this week in our city: a supernova of memes immortalizing the archetype of the "Northeast Philly dude," the one true dawg who lives everywhere in our midst. It all began ...

Memes have spread all over the internet like wildfire. Everyone from innovators to politicians, companies, government, and the general public, all use memes extensively. They are no longer just jokes ...

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 ...

During the pandemic, we all watched with fascination as the Reddit chat room WallStreetBets wreaked havoc on the stock market. While these day-traders earned great profits, philosophically they were ...