You know how it goes. You’re bored at work and your co-workers are bored at work, so you get into trouble. Squarespace employees Francesco Fragomeni and Chris Limbrick were tooling around and decided to get creative. They recreated Michelangelo’s masterpiece “Creation of Adam” on a couch in their office. Everybody loved it so much that Fools Do Art became an ongoing project among the staff to recreate iconic works of art using only office supplies (and things found around the office… like sombreros and unicorn masks) and smartphone photo editing only. Since then, the photos have become a lot more detailed and the results are, well, awesome.

“The Girl with the Pearl Earring” by Johannes Vermeer, 1665

“Timoclea uccide il capitano di Alessandro Magno” by Elisabetta Sirani, 1659

“Thinking About Death” Frida Kahlo, 1943

“Tommaso di Folco Portinari” by Hans Memling, 1470

“Mona Lisa” by Leonardo da Vinci, 1503-1506

“Lady and the Unicorn: Sight,” c. 1500

“Napoleon Crossing the Alps” by Jacques-Louis David, 1801

“Christina’s World” by Andrew Wyeth, 1948

“The Son of Man” by Rene Magritte, 1964

“Two Ballet Dancers” by Edgar Degas, c. 1879

“Blonde Beauty” by Walt Otto, circa 1950s

“Christ’s Appearance to Mary Magdalene After the Resurrection” by Alexander Ivanov, 1835

“The Anatomy Lesson of Dr. Nicolaes Tulp” by Rembrandt, c.1632

“Portrait of a Man in a Turban” by Jan van Eyck, 1433

“The Creation of Adam” by Michelangelo, 1511-1512

“David with the Head of Goliath” by Caravaggio, 1610

“The Old Guitarist” by Pablo Picasso, 1903-1904

What paintings would you like to see these dudes recreate? Let us know in the comments.

Annie D'Souza
Annie is the founding father and editor-in-chief of The Midwestival and a long-time jean-on-jean enthusiast.