The Getty's Home Art Challenge
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About
The Getty's Home Art Challenge refers to a social game started by the Getty Museum's Twitter account in which people share their real-life reproductions of masterpieces. The viral challenge began in March 2020 while many people were in isolation due to the coronavirus outbreak.
Origin
On March 25th, 2020, Twitter account @GettyMuseum[1] tweeted, "We challenge you to recreate a work of art with objects (and people) in your home" They listed the rules "Choose your favorite artwork, Find three things lying around your house [and] Recreate the artwork with those items" and shared examples (shown below). The tweet garnered over 12,700 likes and 5,100 retweets in five days.
Spread
On March 28th, 2020, Twitter user @JenniferPiumar1[2] replied to the Getty Museum post with Claude Monet's "Camille with a Small Dog" and a photo of her recreation (shown below, left). The tweet gained over 3,700 likes and 290 retweets in two days. That same day, @LindaGHatton[3] replied with a rendition of "Mirabelle (1990) by Helen Frankenthaler" (shown below, right). The tweet received over 1,700 likes in two days.
On March 28th, Twitter user @SueFictitious[4] shared a recreation of "The Creation of Adam" by Michelangelo with the caption " Love this idea!" which accumulated over 1,700 likes in two days (shown below).
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External References
[1] Twitter – GettyMuseum
[2] Twitter – JenniferPiumar1
[3] Twitter – LindaGHatton
[4] Twitter – SueFictitious
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