Coronavirus Diary: April 26, 2020

Over to Tietan Park to walk the dog. Tietan Street, normally flush with traffic:


Dogs like windows and if they are large enough, they can go for sunroofs.


Along Tietan, we see that a couple of Airstreams, within the space of two blocks, seem to be providing in-town housing. We also stumble upon a vintage Mercury. And some signs of optimism.


And a family is out cycling.

The Worldwide Art Parody Phenom

A few weeks ago, we commented on the Getty Museum’s art challenge.  Don’t know who actually started it, but the latest and my current favorite is this Instagram account, originating in the Netherlands.  I can get lost with this thing, and others like it, for hours.  Some of this stuff is just crazy amateur antics, and some has to be art itself.  And just about all of it is hilarious.  Here’s just a couple of random examples:

(based on Magritte’s “The Son of Man”)
(based on Leonardo da Vinci’s “The Last Supper”)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 


You can see more at the Dutch site here.

And I just found a great piece on a Russian version of this kind of undertaking reported in the NYT.

SIDEBAR: Speaking of art, we highly recommend the Amazon Prime documentary on Hank Virgona, “Nothing Changes: Art For Hank’s Sake”.