The Google Arts & Culture meme emerged in early 2018 when the Google Arts & Culture app introduced a feature that used facial recognition to match users' selfies with portraits in museum databases. While the tool was intended to promote art history, social media users quickly turned it into a viral trend by sharing the most unflattering, bizarre, or hilariously inaccurate matches the AI produced. The meme typically highlights the disparity between a person's self-perception and the often distorted, centuries-old oil painting assigned to them by the algorithm. It serves as a comedic take on AI's limitations and the 'Expectation vs. Reality' trope, remaining a staple for anyone wanting to poke fun at their own appearance through the lens of art history.