Annabel Crabb Instagram – I went to @ngvmelbourne on Friday to see a specific painting but while I was there in the 18th century wing I stumbled across these incredible creations by Adelaide glass artist @vintagemurtagh … she’s made these ancient Athenian style vessels but when you look closely at the scenes depicted they are of Covid lockdown… Centrelink queues, tired-looking people on their phones wearing masks and queuing up for toilet paper at the checkout … so clever and articulate, also reflecting how ancient the idea of plague is. I then found the artist on here and looked at some of her other stuff – incredible, check it out @vintagemurtagh – and learned that I caught that little two-item exhibit by one day! Jessica it was a delight to stumble across your incredible work. Thanks also to Tiepolo (not on Instagram) whose Cleopatra I was on my way to visit, having recently reread @the_shb_’s GLORIOUS poem about it, which you can swipe to read. Anyway, two artists and a poet 300yrs apart magically conspired to lift my mood when I was feeling tired and anxious so THANK YOU