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Vincent van Gogh The Starry Night, June 1889 (Photo by Art Images via Getty Images). Museum of Modern Art, New York, USA While the pandemic has forced many to stay home, museums across the United States are bringing their world-famous collections online for anyone to view. The public response has been enormous. American tech company Google recently reported its most searched terms of 2020, and the second most popular search after the word “virtual” was “ Here are five popular art exhibitions anyone can appreciate from home. The Thannhauser Collection, including Paul Cézanne’s “Sti...

2020 was the year of ‘traveling from home.’ These were our 10 favorite ways. Natalie Compton, Hannah Sampson, Shannon McMahon © María Alconada Brooks/The Washington Post Some people accepted that 2020 would be a year of no traveling. Others channeled that frustration into pandemic projects that, no, didn’t fully capture the essence of travel but brought some comfort to those locked down with wanderlust. For better or worse, 2020 was the year for “traveling” from home. We pored over (and posted) old vacation photos. We dreamed of future trips. This guy even br...

Written by Sarah WaldorfAnnelisa Stephan Sarah Waldorf and Annelisa Stephan oversaw the #GettyMuseumChallenge, an initiative that invited people around the world to re-create their favorite artworks during quarantine. The following is an edited excerpt from the book "Off the Walls: Inspired Re-Creations of Iconic Artworks," a compilation of the challenge's best submissions. All opinions expressed in this article belong to the authors. Earlier this year, the Covid-19 pandemic brought life as we knew it to a halt. Much of the world retreated to a solitary life at home. Working remotely, we, at ...