via Cantor Fine ArtArts+Culture / NewsSee Frida Kahlo, Warhol and Basquiat made into emojisAn LA art gallery has immortalised your fave artists and their works in digital portrait formShareLink copied ✔️August 1, 2016Arts+CultureNewsTextAnna Cafolla We have emojis for everything: highlighting gender and racial diversity that the original keyboard doesn’t, bringing Kim K’s butt to a digi-dimension, illustrating North Korea’s Kim Jong-un. Now a gallery in LA have immortalised famous artists like Andy Warhol, Yayoi Kusama and Frida Kahlo in emoji form. Cantor Fine Art, based in LA, began their Instagram project with René Magritte‘s painting, “The Son of Man”. From there, they’ve created portraits of Japanese multimedia artist Kusama, graffiti rebel king Jean-Michel Basquiat, pop artist Warhol (complete with Campbell's soup can) and a beret-wearing Pablo Picasso among others. Some are slightly more abstract: a diamond skull for Damien Hirst’s “For the Love of God”, a text convo for Lichtenstein’s famous speech balloons paintings and Marcel Duchamp’s signed toilet. The gallery’s first post on IG recalled that “some emoji are direct references to famous artwork”, like the wave emoji, inspired by “The Great Wave off Kanagawa” by Katsushika Hokusai. It’s a cool project, but unfortunately there are no plans to create an emoji keyboard with the artists just yet. Check out the emojis for ultimate art lovers below. Escape the algorithm! Get The DropEmail address SIGN UP Get must-see stories direct to your inbox every weekday. Privacy policy Thank you. You have been subscribed Privacy policy Expand your creative community and connect with 15,000 creatives from around the world.READ MOREWhy did Satan start to possess girls on screen in the 70s?Learn the art of photo storytelling and zine making at Dazed+LabsAdanolaLila Moss fronts Adanola’s latest spring 2026 campaign8 essential skate videos from the 90s and beyond with Glue SkateboardsThe unashamedly queer, feminist, and intersectional play you need to see RIMOWAAirport aesthetics and the timeless appeal of the RIMOWA caseParis artists are pissed off with this ‘gift’ from Jeff KoonsA Seat at the TableVinca Petersen: Future FantasySnarkitecture’s guide on how to collide art and architectureBanksy has unveiled a new anti-weapon artworkVincent Gallo: mad, bad, and dangerous to knowEscape the algorithm! Get The DropEmail address SIGN UP Get must-see stories direct to your inbox every weekday. Privacy policy Thank you. You have been subscribed Privacy policy