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11 Classic Works Of Art Re-Imagined With People Of Color

"Put some colored girls in the MoMA" - Jay-Z, me

Posted on July 11, 2013, 17:26 GMT

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1. Grant Wood's "American Gothic"

Art by Santiago Forero.

"Mexican-American Gothic"

2. Leonardo da Vinci's "Mona Lisa"

Art by Khetanchi Gopal Swami.

Art by Khetanchi Gopal Swami.

3. Edward Hopper's "Nighthawks"

Artist: ?

"Hip-Hop Legends"

Available as a poster here.

4. Sandro Botticelli's "The Birth of Venus (La nascita di Venere)"

Art by Sabrina.

"The Birth of Frida"

5. Hans Memling's "A Young Man At Prayer"

Art by Kehinde Wiley

"After Memling's Portrait of a Young Man at Prayer"

6. John Raphael Smith's "A Bacchante (after Sir Joshua Reynolds)"

Art by Kehinde Wiley

7. Gustave Courbet's "The Desperate Man"

Art by Lauren.

8. Johannes Vermeer's "Girl With A Pearl Earring"

Art by Awol Erizku.

"Girl with a Bamboo Earring"

9. Leonardo da Vinci's "Lady with an Ermine"

Art by Awol Erizku.

"Lady with a Pitbull"

10. "Madonna and Child"

Art by Awol Erikzu.

11. Edvard Munch's "The Scream"

Okay, I know this one is not like the others but Frank Ocean standing in front of a painting is a work of art because Frank Ocean is a work of art God bless.

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