This week, LG invited me to stare at its most recent Canvas TV , mini-LED screens with matte displays that debuted back at CES 2026 . It turned out LG was trying to promote its partnership with the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York City, where—if you pay for an LG Gallery+ subscription—you get access to slideshows of select paintings shown in the renowned museum. The Met has similar, ongoing deals with Samsung for the Samsung Art Store usable on its competing The Frame series.

A passing glance may confuse this for Vincent Van Gogh’s Irises . It’s still not going to fool a discerning art lover. © Kyle Barr / Gizmodo

There’s no some major dealbreaker LG’s first Gallery TV. Facing head-on, the matte filter on the screen may honestly trick a passerby into thinking it’s legitimate oil on canvas. Closer inspection reveals there’s no actual texture that makes seeing these paintings in real life such a transformative experience.…