--- title: Lattee Art Barista Recreates Famous Painting for Latte Art description: Korean coffee artist Kangbin Lee is elevating latte art with his coffee designs, which range from Van Gogh's Starry Night to landscapes. canonical: https://time.com/4776302/korean-latte-art/ author: Cady Lang article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2017-05-11T21:19:11.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-04-13T07:43:34.165Z og:title: This Barista's Hyper Detailed Latte Art Belongs In a Museum og:description: Almost too pretty to drink og:url: https://time.com/4776302/korean-latte-art/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltec30996afaaf1d1c/6988ccfdcf40a82062c47a57/latte-art.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 og:image:width: 2000 og:image:height: 1125 og:image:alt: Coffee cup with steam coming out og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: This Barista's Hyper Detailed Latte Art Belongs In a Museum twitter:description: Almost too pretty to drink twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltec30996afaaf1d1c/6988ccfdcf40a82062c47a57/latte-art.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  # This Barista's Stunningly Detailed Latte Art Belongs In a Museum > Sponsored content. 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Kangbin Lee, a Korean “coffee artist,” makes insanely detailed latte art that riffs on everything from cult classic films like _E.T._ and Disney animations to fine art masterpieces like Vincent Van Gogh’s _Starry Night_. In fact, the labor-intensive works of art are so stunning, it could be easy to forget that they sit atop lattes. In addition to his colorful, hyper-detailed lattes, Lee also creates traditional latte art, but one thing’s for sure — all of his lattes are almost too beautiful to drink. 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