The Covid Art Museum is an Instagram museum started in Barcelona by three friends to collect pandemic art. Here are some of our favourites.
The Covid Art Museum is an Instagram museum from Barcelona, started in 2020 by three friends who work in advertising, and it collects art made during the pandemic.
We've been watching their Instagram account, where they've been collecting Covid art from all over. Below you'll find some of our favourites. You can check out the project on the Covid Art Museum website.
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FAQ
What is the Covid Art Museum?
It is a virtual art museum on Instagram that collects art made during the Covid-19 pandemic, sent in by artists from all over the world.
Who started the Covid Art Museum?
Three advertising creatives from Barcelona started it in 2020, as a way of keeping an archive of how people were feeling during lockdown.
Is the Covid Art Museum a real museum?
Not in the sense of a building you can walk into. You visit it on Instagram at @covidartmuseum, and the project also has its own website.
