The Tate Has Been Showcasing Ridiculously Awesome GIFs Based On Paintings

    The British museum has an online space where people make badass art stuff.

    Leonora Epstein
    by Leonora Epstein

    BuzzFeed Staff

    Guess what? The Tate has a Tumblr and it is AWESOME because they do things like invite people to make GIFs out of art. Which produces magical creations like this:

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    Created by Gif My Ass for Tate Collectives.

    Here's another interpretation of the same painting by Whistler.

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    Created by Un Gif Dans Ta Gueule for Tate Collectives.

    And another more subtle version:

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    Created by Fash Gif for Tate Collectives.

    I can't stop laughing at this interpretation of John Brett's Lady With a Dove.

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    Created by Scorpion Daggers for Tate Collectives.

    This GIF of Joanna Mary Wells' Portrait of Sidney Wells is certifiably creepy!

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    Created by Museum Gifs for Tate Collectives.

    Trippy!

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    Created by TraceLoops for Tate Collectives.

    Here are all the original paintings...

    Harmony in Grey and Green: Miss Cicely Alexander by James Abbott McNeill Whistler

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    Lady with a Dove: Madame Loeser by John Brett

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    Portrait of Sidney Wells by Joanna Mary Wells

    tate.org.uk