Fine art with modern commentary is hilariously illuminating

My friend Robert Dowling has turned snarking about art into, well, an art. On his Instagram Art Slut, he re-imagines the context for famous paintings, giving each one a distinctly modern flair. The posts all start with "TFW" for "That feeling when." Here are some of my favorites:

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TFW you forget your friend's birthday, and it is quite quickly revealed that that is a very important thing for him in friendships: remembering dates and anniversaries, and you immediately say that you're very sorry and that you didn't know that about him and that it's not really an important thing for you because "benchmark" dates seem sort of forced and arbitrary IYHO, which actually totally makes sense because your love language is Quality Time, so it doesn't necessarily matter to you WHEN you are together as much as it does HOW you are together, and so you try to explain that to him, but he must not have a ton of experience navigating differing needs in a relationship because oh, okay, he's got a knife. #antiquity #knife #drapery #birthday #oops #sorry #sacrifice #toxicmasculinity #nowiknow #cool #giantsinthesky #greek #roman #therapytime #emotionalintelligence #cbt #dbt #group #chiaroscuro #bye #byebye #byebyebye #fragile #conflictresolution #slut #metmuseum

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You can find more photos on Art Slut, and you can also follow Dowling on his personal Instagram right here.