It's deep August—it's hot, the world is moving slowly, and the art world is hibernating before the marquee September shows and fairs. So we thought, what better time to have some fun than by translating some of the most famous paintings in the world into emojis?
- Starry Night by Vincent van Gogh: 🌌🌟🌀
- The Persistence of Memory by Salvador Dalí: ⏳🕰️
- The Scream by Edvard Munch: 😱🖼️
- American Gothic by Grant Wood: 👨🌾👩🌾
- The Birth of Venus by Sandro Botticelli: 🐚🌊🧜
- The Starry Night by Vincent van Gogh: 🌌🌙🌟
- The Great Wave off Kanagawa by Hokusai: 🌊🌊🏞️
- Sunflowers by Vincent van Gogh: 🌻🌻🌻
- Guernica by Pablo Picasso: 🐂💔
- The Kiss by Gustav Klimt: 💏💫🎨
- Water Lilies by Claude Monet: 🌸🌼🏞️
- Balloon Dog by Jeff Koons: 🎈🐶🎨
- Campbell's Soup Cans by Andy Warhol: 🥫🍲🎨
- No Woman, No Cry by Chris Ofili: 🚫👩😢
- Tree of 12 Metres by Ai Weiwei: 🌳1️⃣2️⃣m🔨
- Girl with a Balloon by Banksy: 👧🎈
- Infinity Mirror by Yayoi Kusama: 🪞♾️🌌
- Red, Yellow, Blue by Wassily Kandinsky: 🔴🟡🔵
- Nighthawks by Edward Hopper: 🦉🌃☕🪟
- Three Ball Total Equilibrium Tank by Jeff Koons: 🏀🏀🏀
- Self-Portrait with Cropped Hair by Frida Kahlo: 🪑👩🎨💇♀️
BONUS: Peggy's digital fingerprint: 🧑🎨🖌🖼📸☝️✅📦