#GettyMuseumChallenge sees people around the world dress up as their favourite works of art
From Magritte’s ‘The Son of Man’ to Millais’s ‘Ophelia’, many famous pieces of art have been recreated
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Your support makes all the difference.Throughout the coronavirus pandemic, people have had to come up with increasingly creative ways to keep themselves occupied at home.
This has become even more apparent since lockdowns were instated across the world, in nations including the UK, France Italy and the US.
Some people have kept their creative juices flowing by taking inspiration from some of the most recognisable artworks in history.
The Getty Museum in Los Angeles announced the launch of an online challenge, in which participants were encouraged to pick their favourite artwork and recreate it using three items in their homes.
Many art aficionados have taken on the challenge with vim and vigour, recreating artworks such as Johannes Vermeer’s “The Girl with a Pearl Earring”, Grant Wood’s “American Gothic” and Henri Matisse’s “Icarus”.
The Getty Museum isn’t the only art institution to have been encouraging members of the public to recreate esteemed pieces of art.
The Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York has been doing the same, using the hashtags #MetTwinning and #MetAnywhere on Instagram.
Meanwhile, an Instagram account called “Tussen Kunst and Quarantaine“, translated from Dutch to mean “Between Art and Quarantine”, has also seen people far and wide use household items to recreate well-known artworks since mid-March.
Here are a selection of some of the most impressive entries for the #GettyMuseumChallenge:
“Portrait of Adele Bloch-Bauer I” (also known as “The Woman in Gold”) by Gustav Klimt
“The Son of Man” by René Magritte
“Ophelia” by Sir John Everett Millais
“Girl with Balloon” by Banksy
“Liberty Leading the People” by Eugène Delacroix
“Girl with a Pearl Earring” by Johannes Vermeer
“American Gothic” by Grant Wood
“Icarus” by Henri Matisse
“The Astronomer” by Johannes Vermeer
“The Lovers” by René Magritte
“Spoonbridge and Cherry” by Claes Oldenburg and Coosje van Bruggen
“Washington Crossing the Delaware” by Emanuel Leutze
Check out the hashtag #GettyMuseumChallenge on Twitter for more creative entries.
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