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A quarantined couple created an art gallery for their gerbils 🐭

Marianna Benetti and her boyfriend Filippo Lorenzin, an independent curator and Sales Manager at the Victoria & Albert Museum, designed a tiny exhibition for their pet gerbils, Pandora and Tiramisu!

The gallery was furnished with rodent-themed takes on classic works of art - including the “Mousa Lisa”, as well as a sign reading “Do not chew”.

Can you recognize the other masterpieces on display?

➡️ Johannes Vermeer, Girl with Pearl Earring, circa 1665, from the Mauritshuis museum

➡️ Edvard Munch, The Scream, 1893, from the Munch museum

➡️ Gustav Klimt, The Kiss, 1908, from the Belvedere museum

➡️ Leonardo Da Vinci, The Mona Lisa, circa 1503 - 1516, from the Louvre museum

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A mini-museum for lizards!

Writer and actress Jill Young created a miniature museum for her pet gecko, The Mayor.

The show includes pieces such as “The Birth of Gecko” and “American Gecko”, inspired by:

Sandro Botticelli, The Birth of Venus, circa 1484-1486

Edvard Munch, The Scream, 1893

Grant Wood, American Gothic, 1930

Johannes Vermeer, Girl with a Pearl Earring, circa 1665

Piet Mondrian (1872-1944)

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A miniature art gallery for gerbils! @filippo_lo, an independent curator, designed a tiny exhibition for his fluffy friends, @pandoro_tiramisu_gerbils.

The masterpieces on display are inspired by:

Johannes Vermeer, Girl with Pearl Earring, circa 1665

Edvard Munch, The Scream, 1893

Gustav Klimt, The Kiss, 1908

Leonardo Da Vinci, The Mona Lisa, circa 1503 - 1516

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Simon Vouet (1590 - 1649), Portrait of a Seated Dog, black and white chalk, pastel strokes, Artcurial

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Sea-lion suckling her young, Paris, Jardin d’acclimatation, early 20th century

(source: Charles Victor Alexander Peel, The Zoological Gardens of Europe)

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Markhor, or screw horn goat, Jardin des Plantes, Paris, early 20th century

(source: Charles Victor Alexander Peel, The Zoological Gardens of Europe)

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Jean-Auguste Barre, Ulysse recognized by his dog, 1834, Compiègne Castle, source: RMN-Grand Palais

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Art History Cats, by Niaski

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Frida Kahlo Cat, by Niaski

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Pablo Picasso Cat, by Niaski

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Vincent Van Gogh Cat, by Niaski

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Matisse Cat, by Niaski

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Salvador Dali Cat, by Niaski

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Matisse Cat, by Niaski

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Art History Cats, by Niaski

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Vincent van Gogh, The Cows, 1890, Lille Museum of Fine Arts 

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not a Van Gogh you often see in media

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such nice cows

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Craig Tracy, Tree Frog, body painting, source