Mona Lisa Descending a Staircase (1992)

There is something magically simple about these sequences of animations. As it says on the can, we start with that famous smile on Da Vinci’s “Mona Lisa” and then skilfully morph into paintings from just about everyone from Picasso and Van Gogh to Warhol and Munch in the next seven minutes. It’s the comprehensiveness that’s impressive here, with all styles of contemporary, impressionist and abstract art included in…