Obituary

Goya's nightmare of a titan eating his own child became the internet's go-to image for self-destruction, deadlines, and late-stage capitalism. It died when it was used on a bank's twitter account, which was the one thing even Goya couldn't have imagined.

Portrait: Francisco Goya · Public domain · Wikimedia Commons

Born

2016

Died

2020

Cause of death

Became the darkest reaction image

Last sighting

A 'me and my responsibilities' edit, 2020

Resting place

Section E, Row 2

Category

art