The Art Challenge

Sir John Everett Millais – Ophelia

Inspired by the Instagram account, tussenkunstenquarantaine (Between Art and Quarantine), the Getty Museum in Los Angeles and the Rijksmuseum in Amsterdam have both issued challenges on their Twitter and Shoutyface accounts. You've just GOT to check these out! I'm posting just a few of my faves here.

Winged Victory (the BEST...of course!)

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 On the ChicagoNow blog, Getting More From Les, are COVID-19 themed haikus written by him and his audience. Here are just a few – go to Getting More From Les for...emmm...MORE.

Laboratory
Yes we still work here

Corners echo with shadows

Of what is to come.

Sport
Tom Brady moves

From Patriots to Jaguars

No one gives a damn
 
From Dr. Andy Curtis in Canada:
Played God today
No respirator for you
So, so, so sorry

Caitlin Blunnie

Kely Rin

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Check out these Asian illustrators and photographers who are protesting the fucked up C-19 inspired anti-Asian racism on Instagram.
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Emiliano Ponzi  is an illustrator based in Milan. The Washington Post hired him to draw and write about daily life in Milan during the coronavirus lockdown. This post includes his illustrations as well as interviews with three friends. They're in lockdown too – in Milan, Brooklyn and Paris.

He asks the NYC friend “Are you just waiting for this to be over, or are you starting to get used to it?" Her answer “I am waiting to get used to it.”

Yeah, I can totally relate. Loved these interviews!
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 ARTnews has an article up about the impact this shutdown, all the museums and galleries being closed, has on art handlers – sehr important background worker bees in the big ART universe.

And then there’s my tiny world of freelance graphic design and layout. In the last three weeks, I’ve had precisely two hours of work and there's nothing on the horizon. Granted, I’m spending less cabbage now. Can’t go out ‘cept for groceries and meds so Bix (who gets 40 miles per gallon!) is using way less fuel. We’re not eating out (or even getting take out) anymore. The weather's getting less cold so heating bills are decreasing. I've found a whole bunch of free book sites and I'm not out of art supplies YET.

I can weather this storm but not endlessly.