Really, really thrilled at the number of dogs involved in these
Week 3 of quarantine and I’m not sure what circle of hell this is but it’s definitely one of them. Everyone’s top priorities right now are 1. Not getting coronavirus, 2. Scouring the earth for a single roll of toilet paper, and 3. Not going completely insane. Honestly, which of those three things will end up being my undoing is a toss up at this point. It’s anyone’s game. This is the fourteenth article I’ve written about being in quarantine which means this is the fourteenth time I’ve had to figure out a new way to write about being in quarantine, so it’s safe to say I’m pretty close to a psychological break of “all work and no play makes Jack a dull boy” proportions.
Anyway,
People have gone to pretty impressive lengths to stay entertained and in good spirits while essentially being on house arrest, and so have some major institutions. The Getty in Los Angeles, like all museums across the country, is closed to the public for the time being. So, since nobody’s allowed to walk the grounds and marvel at the works of art throughout it, the Getty Museum posed an unconventional challenge to the public.
Recreate famous pieces of art using whatever they can find in their home.
We challenge you to recreate a work of art with objects (and people) in your home.
Choose your favorite artwork
Find three things lying around your house⠀
Recreate the artwork with those itemsAnd share with us. pic.twitter.com/9BNq35HY2V
— Getty (@GettyMuseum) March 25, 2020
And the results were GLORIOUS.
@GettyMuseum feeling a bit constricted indoors, so we had to pause for this Nahua-Coyote inspired musing from Florentine Codex Book 11. pic.twitter.com/wZv3mBB8tA
— Josh Fitzgerald (@IntrepidHistory) March 27, 2020
Madonna and child.https://t.co/ZbnVeToUPE pic.twitter.com/7Vkl91CF6D
— Getty (@GettyMuseum) March 25, 2020
@GettyMuseum pic.twitter.com/XsxLdrFR90
— Mike Colson (@karmadump) March 28, 2020
@GettyMuseum – Mirabelle (1990) by Helen Frankenthaler pic.twitter.com/YvFzGa3TxH
— Linda G. Hatton (@LindaGHatton) March 29, 2020
Taking a break from math and reading to fold in a little art history here…
JOSEPH WRIGHT ‘OF DERBY’
1734–1797Two Boys with a Bladder
Oil on canvas, Painted 1769-1770@KarenDiCenzo pic.twitter.com/A4PKksz8CQ— Liz Silva (@MeadowMath) March 31, 2020
listen y’all i know you might not have this specific painting but i need you to look at this PLEASE pic.twitter.com/tZn83d4JwW
— ML (@mo_lu_) April 1, 2020
My father (who wanted to abide by the three-item guideline) has re-created Winged Victory!@ArtDecider pic.twitter.com/EPNbT2Otbc
— Wendy Zuckerman (@wsz111) March 29, 2020
Material girls #gettymuseumchallenge pic.twitter.com/JZP18GPl3k
— Gabriella Aldeman (@write_between) March 30, 2020
‘Single’ Portrait #StayAtHomeChallenge pic.twitter.com/0UPufWYw2J
— Michelle Jordan (@michjordan84) March 29, 2020
[Detail of St. Jerome from a ca. 1510 prayer book] https://t.co/eboGOprCDx pic.twitter.com/3Ag5juUCer
— Newberry Library (@NewberryLibrary) March 30, 2020
Les Demoiselles d’Avignon by Pablo Picasso as envisioned with some of my Barbie dolls pic.twitter.com/7QjhJWwB4d
— Twenty Twenty TerhiMG (@TerhiMG) March 30, 2020