Instaweek: How to become part of a masterpiece

March 03 2017

RBTH

Maria Azhnina

Anastasiya Karagodina

FOR INSTAWEEK

Kirill Morgun

The popular trend for taking selfies with world famous artworks in the background hasn’t gone unnoticed by Russian Instagrammers. No museum is safe from these selfie stick pushers, some of them mimicking, some complementing the world-renowned masterpieces. Let’s see how balanced or crazy this can be!

Публикация от Natasha Redkina (@_n_redkina)Янв 14 2017 в 11:51 PST

Join the race!

Публикация от Kirill Morgun (@kirillmorgun)Дек 22 2016 в 6:45 PST

Method acting at its finest — Stanislavsky is surely impressed.

Публикация от Вероника Козулина (@artemida_may)Фев 22 2017 в 11:24 PST

A sailor-to-be, dreaming of the future.

Публикация от Irik (@irik_happy)Фев 5 2017 в 11:15 PST

Let it never be for real.

Публикация от Kseniya Vetkalova (@kseniyavetkalova)Фев 12 2017 в 3:40 PST

History has a knack of repeating itself, first as tragedy, second as farce.

Публикация от MaG (@mamykin_alex)Янв 17 2017 в 4:29 PST

An extra pair of eyes will do no harm!

Публикация от Ольга (@zhukovaoi)Янв 4 2017 в 10:17 PST

Oh that’s just the perfect company!

Публикация от Olga Omelaeva (@oollk)Ноя 8 2015 в 5:47 PST

No chance to outdo Don Quixote in his rage —or handlebar moustache!

Публикация от L E Y A (@leya_15)Фев 11 2017 в 5:42 PST

You’d never guess these couples were from different centuries.

Публикация от Elena Zaretskaya_spbguide (@lzarets)Янв 20 2017 в 9:20 PST

Even the one in the background seems to be having fun!

Публикация от Tatiana (@phototerra_art)Май 22 2016 в 2:53 PDT

A masterpiece is still a masterpiece, even upside down.

Публикация от @mcd604Янв 21 2017 в 3:28 PST

Is she part of the installation?

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