The Carters | - Apeshit

: Rolling Stone named it the best video of 2018, later ranking it as one of the greatest music videos of all time. Pitchfork described it as an "audacious declaration of unity" and a celebration of Black love.

: The duo is also seen with the Winged Victory of Samothrace and the Venus de Milo , positioning themselves as modern masterpieces. Musical and Critical Reception THE CARTERS - APESHIT

The track features production from and includes ad-libs from Quavo of Migos. : Rolling Stone named it the best video

: Beyoncé and her dancers perform in front of Jacques-Louis David's massive painting, using the synchrony of Black bodies to "upstage" symbols of white monarchy. Musical and Critical Reception The track features production

: The Carters stand before Leonardo da Vinci's masterpiece in coordinating pastel suits, a move described by experts as "making space for themselves" in a traditionally white-dominated institution.

: The inclusion of Marie-Guillemine Benoist’s 1800 portrait is particularly significant because it centers a Black woman as the subject rather than in a state of servitude.

The video is an "embodied disruption" that challenges the Western-centric narrative of art history. Key artistic references include: