Amid coronavirus outbreak, a Russian artist creates masks for insects
Though the masks do not actually protect animals – since they are in fact dead, and it is unlikely that insects could even contract coronavirus in the first place – the meaning is symbolic.
A preserved grasshopper with a mask, a miniature artwork by micro-artist Anatoly Konenko, following the outbreak of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19), is seen in an artist's workshop in Omsk, Russia May 21, 2020. Picture taken May 21, 2020.(photo credit: ALEXEY MALGAVKO/REUTERS)ByAARON REICH
