On Nov. 21, the artist who goes by “PhillipBankss” on X posted that he copyrighted the meme character “Chill Guy” and will issue takedowns on for-profit usages in the next few days.

“The dedication to this project is astounding,” another said. While Sunday Nobody has created numerous pieces of “meme art,” he said it was still a hobby alongside his full-time jo ...

So it should come as no surprise that memes are now getting the fine art treatment, thanks to an artist named Alim Smith, whose known to his more than 18,000 Instagram followers as @yesterdaynite.