Among artists who have painted the famous encounter of Diogenes with Alexander, there are works by de Crayer, de Vos, Assereto, Langetti, Sevin, Sebastiano Ricci, Gandolfi, , Abildgaard, Monsiau, Martin, and Daumier.
Michel Foucault v svoji knjigi "Fearless Speech" obravnava tako Diogena, kot tudi kinike na splošno.