The Artist Who Started the What People Think I Do/What I Really Do Meme
Garnet Hertz's graphic that started the meme this month. Some time early last week, I began to notice the “What People Think I Do/What I Really Do” graphics on my Facebook news feed. The first time I...
View ArticleExplaining Ai Weiwei’s New Meme
The image that launched Ai Weiwei’s meme (via @aiww on Twitter) It started on Instagram last Wednesday, when Ai Weiwei posted an image of a man holding his leg like a rifle with the words “京城反恐系列”...
View ArticleFinding Humor in Crisis, Gallery Photoshops Wild Animals in Its Closed...
A panda and their cub peruse the gallery’s current exhibition The Gardeners, enjoying artworks by Roberto Cabrera (all images courtesy of Proyectos Ultravioleta, Guatemala City) The viral meme “nature...
View ArticleOnly Treason in the Building
What does the star of Only Murders in the Building, Selena Gomez, have in common with Trump's stolen top secret documents?
View ArticleMet Gala Memes for a Meh Gala Theme
If honoring Karl Lagerfeld wasn't awful enough, this year’s theme was also painfully boring.
View ArticleWhat’s That Weird AI Bird Popping Up All Over TikTok?
The strange and ever-changing “Erosion Bird” meme taps into the uncanniness and inconsistency of artificial intelligence.
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