# Historical Portrait Selfies Olivia Muus Introduces Classical Paintings to the Art of the Selfie By Vasiliki Marapas | Published 2014-11-05 | Pop Culture Source: Trend Hunter, https://www.trendhunter.com/trends/olivia-muus References: [boredpanda](http://www.boredpanda.com/museum-historical-portrait-selfie-olivia-muus/) & [instagram](http://instagram.com/oliviamuus) Denmark-based designer Olivia Muus has created a fun series of [classical art selfies](https://www.trendhunter.com/trends/persona-ai). Muus takes the original art of portraiture and combines it with its modern counterpart, the selfie. With a cleverly positioned hand and smartphone, it looks like the subjects of these [old-world paintings](https://www.trendhunter.com/trends/museum-campaign) are getting into the social media craze themselves. It's always fun to mix the new with the old; the past with the present. This project is an easy way to associate two different worlds, ensuring that you have the best of both. You can appreciate fine art and enjoy taking the occasional selfie, after all. Who says the two are mutually exclusive? Better yet, the next time you're visiting a museum, try creating your own [fine art selfie](https://www.trendhunter.com/trends/dansez-versailles). ## Trend Insights (Trend Hunter) - Score: 5.2/10 - Popularity: 85% | Activity: 62% | Freshness: 8% - Audience gender: 50% men, 50% women - Primary generations: Gen Z, Millennial, Gen X - Top markets: North America, Europe, Asia ## Categories [Trend Hunter](https://www.trendhunter.com/trends) > [Pop Culture](https://www.trendhunter.com/popculture) > [Internet](https://www.trendhunter.com/internet) ## Key Themes ### Why This Trend Is Growing - **Classical Art Selfies:** The trend for combining traditional portrait paintings with selfies creates opportunities for augmented reality apps and interactive displays in museums. - **Art-inspired Social Media:** More people are sharing their art-inspired selfies on social media, suggesting opportunities for creative campaigns by beauty, fashion, and lifestyle brands. - **Nostalgic Photography:** The popularity of historical portrait selfies highlights opportunities for vintage-style photography services, events, and products in the photography and events industries. ### Industries Being Reshaped - **Museums and Galleries:** Museums and galleries can leverage classical art selfies to offer immersive and interactive visitor experiences, and to engage younger and tech-savvy audiences. - **Beauty and Fashion:** The trend for sharing art-inspired selfies on social media presents opportunities for beauty and fashion brands to create new and engaging content marketing campaigns. - **Photography and Events:** The demand for historical portrait selfies suggests opportunities for photography and events businesses to offer vintage-style services, events, and products that tap into nostalgia and romance. ## Related on Trend Hunter - [Time-Altering Digital Portraits](https://www.trendhunter.com/trends/time-machine-feature.md) - [Reimagined Puzzled Artful Paintings](https://www.trendhunter.com/trends/portrait-of-a-woman-in-a-hat.md) - [Stylized Portrait Generators](https://www.trendhunter.com/trends/face-to-all.md) - [Traveling Fine Art Campaigns](https://www.trendhunter.com/trends/get-out-there.md) - [AI-Generated Selfies](https://www.trendhunter.com/trends/dreambooth.md) - [Beauty-Inspired Guided Tours](https://www.trendhunter.com/trends/loreal-and-the-louvre.md) - [Immersive Fine Art Experiences](https://www.trendhunter.com/trends/la-joconde.md) - [Museum-Collab Monochrome Cases](https://www.trendhunter.com/trends/louvre-and-casetify.md) - [Art-Inspired Collectibles](https://www.trendhunter.com/trends/the-mattel-x-moma.md)