Interview: Chris VanArtsdalen and The Nude M&M

I sit down with artist, director, and fellow jack-of-all-trades Chris VanArtsdalen to talk about viral art, memes, and being the guy in your sketch group that knows how to use Adobe Creative Suite.

I’ll be back with another full newsletter this week, but meanwhile…

I’m fascinated by how widely an image can spread online and the culture around crediting artists for their work. Recently, my friend and fellow jack-of-all-trades Chris VanArtsdalen made an explicitly nude version of the Green M&M and it went viral… without being credited to him.

I reache…