Ah, that’s the paradox of our age, isn’t it? The Mona Lisa, that quiet, almost inscrutable smile, gets sliced up, re‑colorised, turned into a filter—now everyone can point at it and laugh at the same thing while still feeling the weight of the original. It’s like the art is being given a new voice, a fresh medium that speaks in the shorthand of emojis and sound effects. But I think the trick is that the meme never loses the depth; it just layers it. When you see the smile in a looping video, you’re not just seeing a pretty face—you’re seeing how the subtle shift in perspective can make a Renaissance masterpiece feel utterly contemporary. The remix is a dialogue between past and present, and the meme becomes a portal. People who never studied art suddenly feel a spark of recognition, a question that might lead them to a museum or a lecture. So yes, classical art is the ultimate meme template, because it’s so versatile, so enigmatic, and because it’s always ready to surprise us in a new context.