Every artwork to look out for in Beyoncé and Jay-Z’s ‘Apesh*t’ video

TwitterFacebook

The Carters have conducted their own art history lesson, but this is not your conventional class.

Beyoncé and Jay-Z unleashed their new track “Apeshit” on Sunday, the lead single from their joint nine-track album Love Is Everything, which dropped Saturday on Tidal.

Of course, it wouldn’t be a landmark single release from the Carters without a highly extra video to match, and “Apeshit” is no exception, directed by Ricky Saiz.

Set in the iconic Louvre museum in Paris, the video sees Beyoncé and Jay-Z, among a group of dancers, subvert some of the most famous (primarily white and western) artworks on the entire planet. Some lass called “Mona Lisa” springs to mind. Read more…

More about Art, Beyonce, Music Video, Jay Z, and Louvre Museum