Pike sprays the languid picnickers of Edouard Manet’s “The Luncheon on the Grass.”
James Alex (Via Washington Post see link below)
I recently got asked if I had a list of meme sites relating to museums and art history. Shockingly I didn’t, so I compiled one. I explore the impact that memes and digital re-appropriation have on museum practice within my PhD thesis – so this is a list more than a full blog post.
A List of Museum Memes
Ugly Renaissance Babies
http://uglyrenaissancebabies.tumblr.com/
Beyonce Art History
http://beyoncearthistory.tumblr.com/
Nipples at The Met
http://www.nipplesatthemet.com/
Babes at the Museum (I personally hate this one!)
http://babesatthemuseum.tumblr.com/
Museum Hey Girl (a Ryan Gosling based site)
http://museumheygirl.tumblr.com/
Art History Memes
http://arthistorymemes.tumblr.com/
Pepper Spray Cop Works His Way through Art History (A Washington Post Article with lots of examples)
http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/arts-post/post/pepper-spray-cop-works-his-way-through-art-history/2011/11/21/gIQA4XBmhN_blog.html
Here are some additions to my original post:
@BlaireMoskowitz suggested:
Fat Cat Art (Cat additions to famous paintings) http://fatcatart.ru/gallery-2/?lang=en
How to Sound Like an Art History Expert (With Jay-Z Lyrics) http://www.complex.com/art-design/2013/06/jay-z-art-history/i-just-wanna-love-you
@KatieOman suggested:
Ryan Gosling Arts Administrator http://ryangoslingartsadmin.tumblr.com/
@CharlotteFrost suggested:
#emjoiart history (which I love!) http://hyperallergic.com/64988/emoji-art-history/
The new aesthetic http://new-aesthetic.tumblr.com/
The Gif Connoisseur http://thegifconnoisseur.tumblr.com/
Digital Folklore http://digitalfolklore.org/
@Leigh_Silver (creator of Beyonce Art History)
Bitchface: The Masterworks http://bitchfaceart.tumblr.com/
@Anne6fy pointed out:
Art history’s best beards http://pinterest.com/frickcollection/art-historys-best-facial-hair/
The scariest babies in renaissance paintings http://www.complex.com/art-design/2013/07/the-scariest-babies-in-renaissance-paintings/
Art Appropriation http://www.flickr.com/photos/notionscapital/sets/72157603408678631/with/2493066577/
The biggest bromances in art history http://www.complex.com/art-design/2013/07/bromances-in-art-history/
@Graeme_Watson
The Northern Irish Gallery of Art http://nigalleryofart.tumblr.com/
Girl With A Primark Earring via The Northern Irish Gallery of Art
Articles and Context
@bergfulton suggested I add this great article by @suzecairns
i can has mewseum (Or, Should Your Museum Acquire A LoLCat?)
http://museumgeek.wordpress.com/2012/07/06/i-can-has-mewseum-or-should-your-museum-acquire-a-lolcat/
I also came across ‘Art Fun’ a great series of ‘official’ museum memes from The Smithsonian American Art Museum.
This Presentation by Georgina Goodlander, Web and Social Media Manager at Smithsonian American Art Museum explains more about these memes http://www.slideshare.net/georginab
More?
A quick google image search for ‘Art History Memes’ turns up hundreds more
If you have any more that you think I should add to my list then leave a comment below or tweet me @OonaghTweets
Hello I'm Oonagh 
#emojiarthistory: http://hyperallergic.com/64988/emoji-art-history/ – which I heart muchly
Love this Charlotte cheers for suggesting it! Hours of fun, sorry I mean research contained in this list ;-D
Great stuff! Thanks for sharing.
Based on your post, we thought you might enjoy the American Hysterical Society’s blog, Peabody’s Lament. The AHS is the world’s first, largest, and only museum dedicated to collecting, creating, and curating comic and satirical perspectives on Clio and her misguided minions. You can find us at http://peabodyslament.wordpress.com/
T.H. Gray, Director-Curator
American Hysterical Society
I think we can call this a meme too, even if the best examples are tributes/parodies found on other social media, here’s the inspiration: http://new-aesthetic.tumblr.com/
Although some of the best examples of this are tributes/parodies found on other social media, I think we can still call the New Aesthetic a meme?! http://new-aesthetic.tumblr.com/
Thanks to @KatieOman for suggesting Ryan Gosling Arts Administrator on twitter http://bit.ly/rKzvRz
As a tangent – a LOLcat tangent – it’s maybe worth noting that Digital Folklore, a book on early collaborative web aesthetics (animated GIFs, LOLcat memes) comes with a free LOLcat poster literally inserting the LOLcat into art history: http://digitalfolklore.org/
Tangential but it’s also maybe worth noting that Digital Folklore, a book on early collaborative web aesthetics (animated GIFs, LOLcat memes) comes with a free LOLcat poster, literally inserting the LOLcat into art history: http://digitalfolklore.org/
Tangential but it’s also maybe worth noting that Digital Folklore, a book on early collaborative web aesthetics (animated GIFs, LOLcat memes) comes with a free LOLcat poster, literally inserting the LOLcat into art history: http://digitalfolklore.org/
Can’t believe I forgot one of my faves: The GIF Connoisseur: http://thegifconnoisseur.tumblr.com/
I understand why you hate the “Babes at the Museum”website. The museum is here to provide an excuse to show naked girls. Why not to show guys as well?
Yes it’s just a bit of a weird site! If it was a style blog I would probably love it – I love seeing what people where to exhibition openings.
I’ve had a bit of Tumbrl-related accident: http://pearlsofgirls.tumblr.com/