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A painting based on The Last Supper, featuring a group of people gathered around a long table. The central figure wears a red and blue robe, flanked by others in colourful garments, including one person wearing dark sunglasses.

Miscellaneous: Beyoncé photoshopped into famous paintings? Oh, go on then...

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Date
21 April 2014

The average Beyoncé fan’s repertoire is fairly complete, as far as these things go; on top of the extensive merchandise and the dedicated online community (the Beyhive) there are bookmarked folders full to the brim with Tumblrs and fan-sites and even a dedicated Soundboard. What they don’t have, however, is an art gallery full of the one woman superstar’s family portraits. Or they didn’t, at least. They do now.

The Carter Family Portraits fills the hole admirably; occasionally questionable Photoshop skills combine with a sketchy knowledge of general art history and what can only be an entire whole folder full of Beyoncé’s face, just waiting to be cut out and stuck onto Frida Kahlo’s self-portrait, or Millais’ Ophelia. It’s not perfect, but we’ll take it and Tweet it proudly (in the name of Beysus).

A painting of Beyoncé and Jay-Z reimagined as the subjects of Grant Wood’s American Gothic. They stand before a white farmhouse with a gothic window, with Jay-Z holding a pitchfork.
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The Carter Family Portrait Gallery

A painting of a person looking over their shoulder against a dark background. They wear a blue and gold headwrap and a single pearl earring, echoing the composition of the Girl with a Pearl Earring.
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The Carter Family Portrait Gallery

A painting of two nude figures reclining together in a lush, wooded landscape. A goat stands behind them, wearing a camera around its neck.
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The Carter Family Portrait Gallery

A digital collage featuring Beyonce’s face edited into a Tudor-style portrait. She wears a dark gown with a pearl-trimmed neckline and a pearl headpiece, with a gold “B” pendant around her neck. Text at the top reads “ANNA BOLINA VXOR” and “HENRI OCTA”.
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The Carter Family Portrait Gallery

A painting of three figures with golden hair wearing flowing, cream-coloured gowns. They are positioned close together, with two figures holding hands and one looking on.
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The Carter Family Portrait Gallery

A painting of Beyonce as the Virgin Mary, wearing a black hood and red dress. She holds a small child who looks towards the viewer against a backdrop of a rolling landscape and a stone castle.
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The Carter Family Portrait Gallery

A painting based on Leonardo da Vinci’s The Last Supper, featuring a diverse group of people seated at a long table. The central figure wears a red and blue robe, surrounded by others in colourful garments, some wearing sunglasses.
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The Carter Family Portrait Gallery

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Maisie Skidmore

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Maisie joined It’s Nice That fresh out of university in the summer of 2013 as an intern before joining full time as an Assistant Editor. Maisie left It’s Nice That in July 2015.

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