So much respect for @doctorjamesfox ! I decided to follow him and post artworks that help me come to terms with this quarantine situation & that might help others.

1. Domestic Violence is on the rise as people spend more time at home. This mysterious self portrait was made by Shima Seien in 1918. Actually she wasn’t abused by her partner, and it’s just an imaginary birthmark she added to convey a feminist message. #Japaneseart #quarantine

15. Edvard Munch was an artist who survived the Spanish flu pandemic. In this painting, I think he’s trying to say you can be a voyeur & a compassionate guy at the same time.
“The Weeping Nude” (1913-1914)
#pandemic #artpost #edvardmunch

23. Honestly, I consider myself a "porn addict" when it comes to art – I thought lockdown would make me even hungrier for stimulating & extreme visual imagery, but all I want is peace of mind Giorgio Morandi’s still life paintings help me appreciate serenity again.

2. Not being able to see your loved ones can be difficult, but people can feel intensely connected with others, even without being together physically. Before meeting him in real life, Kay Sage saw a painting of her future husband Yves Tanguy titled “I’m Waiting For You” in 1936.

16. Cat fiercely refusing to be brushed! I love the way you can just see from the lady’s face that this isn’t the first time it happens.
Le Chat Angora (c. 1780) by Jean-Honoré Fragonard #quarantine #hygiene #catsinart

18. Paul Cézanne’s still life paintings that aren’t so still The two plates are perceived from different perspectives, making the cherries look like they’re tilting forward...Maybe everything’s not as static as it seems inside the house. #lockdown #art

26. It still seems like a better idea to refrain from unnecessary traveling–you’d probably just get bullied if you obviously look like a tourist anyways
“An Unwelcome Guest” (1889) by William Henry Hamilton Trood

28. Mitsu desu!They should be playing on a bigger table, or online or something! “Leonardo da Vinci playing chess with his muse” (c. 1890) by Franz von Matsch
#socialdistancing #chess #artpost

30. Lockdown is lifting in Tokyo–great. But I probably don’t remember how to behave in a crowd.
“The Doll (La Poupée)” (1935) Hans Bellmer

3. Plants lift our spirits like nothing else. I’m currently locked down with one that genuinely looks like the guy on the left! “Daphne and Apoll” (1943) by Meret Oppen­heim
#artpost #quarantine #surrealism