Art appropriation ideas

It appears that boredom lies behind the most creative ideas. That's why quarantine has produced some of the most entertaining activities. One of them is the Getty Museum challenge that so many of you have already seen in our previous article here. The challenge, which asks people to recreate famous works of art by using things they find around the home, has gained a lot of traction. Apparently, people love to dress up and compete with each other over who can recreate a well-known painting…

When you can't leave home to go to a museum, your home IS the museum.

Ever since last December, people have been entertaining themselves by participating in an open community project called "Take a photo of the Rembrandt type".

FERNANDO CUETO AMORSOLO (The Philippines 1892-1972) Portrait of Fernanda de Jesus

Di-Li Feng (China, 1958) óleo sobre tela

Liza Yukhnyova is an art history major from St. Petersburg, Russia, who’s sharing her love of the world’s great paintings by recreating one every single day for an entire year. She told me that she’s…

Stuck-at-home art lovers rise to the challenge thrown down on Twitter by The Getty Museum.

By sporting a bonnet fashioned out of toilet paper and clutching a celery-stalk cigarette, people are finding ways to engage with their favorite artworks from a distance. This week, the Getty challenged folks to imitate classic pieces with whatever they can find around their homes and since has gotten thousands of hilarious (and well-done) responses.Continue reading "People are Recreating Famous Artworks Using Whatever They Have at Home During Quarantine"