Elizabeth Holmes puts herself at the centre of a Norman Rockwell painting on X

Elizabeth Holmes has put herself inside a Norman Rockwell painting — on her X profile, at least.

The background image on the account uses an edited version of Rockwell's 1943 painting Freedom of Speech. The central man in the original has been replaced with Holmes wearing a black turtleneck, according to ARTnews.

The original work shows a man standing to speak at a town meeting while neighbours look up at him. Rockwell painted it in 1943 after Franklin D. Roosevelt's 1941 State of the Union address, in which the US president described freedom of speech as essential.

The detail emerged during coverage of You Can See Everything, a documentary about Holmes directed by Nathan Fielder and Lance Oppenheim. The film was released in cinemas on 16 October 2026 and was playing theatrically in the US at the time of the ARTnews report. It runs 2 hours 55 minutes.

Holmes is the founder of Theranos. She reported to prison in 2023.

Fielder spent extended time with Holmes to make the film. He lived with her during production, and later said he believes Holmes is a liar, according to Variety.

The film also addresses who is behind the posts. It states that Holmes's fiancé Billy Evans has been helping operate her X account. In the documentary, Evans says he shares messages sent to him by Holmes from prison, where she still has email access.

A September post on the account set out a system. Posts signed with her initials were actually written by her, it said. Posts without that signature are from the team managing the account.

The film is still rolling out. It was scheduled to open in Australia on 12 November and in the UK on 20 November, according to The Guardian.

What makes this stand out is the choice of image. Rockwell meant the painting as a plain statement about ordinary speech. On this profile, it frames posts sent from prison.