World Art Day: Remembering COVID-19 loss through art - CGTN

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Art can heal people's wounds, especially for the many that have been affected by the COVID-19 pandemic. On World Art Day, take a look at how artists and their work remember the sacrifices and losses, while also encouraging people to try to move on.

Visitors at a photo exhibition commemorating Wuhan's battle against the COVID-19 epidemic, in Wuhan, central China's Hubei Province, April 9, 2021. /CFP

Visitors at a photo exhibition commemorating Wuhan's battle against the COVID-19 epidemic, in Wuhan, central China's Hubei Province, April 9, 2021. /CFP

Artist Luke Jerram with his creation of glass sculptures of the coronavirus to mark the one-year anniversary of UK's first nationwide lockdown, in Bristol, the UK, March 22, 2021. /CFP

Artist Luke Jerram with his creation of glass sculptures of the coronavirus to mark the one-year anniversary of UK's first nationwide lockdown, in Bristol, the UK, March 22, 2021. /CFP

Mural by street artist Harry Greb in front of the Ministry of Health wishes people a happy and hopeful Easter with the arrival of the COVID-19 vaccines, in Rome, Italy, April 3, 2021. /CFP

Mural by street artist Harry Greb in front of the Ministry of Health wishes people a happy and hopeful Easter with the arrival of the COVID-19 vaccines, in Rome, Italy, April 3, 2021. /CFP

Artists and medical workers plant flowers on a hospital bed to create an installation title "Whispering Flower Beds" in tribute to healthcare workers in fighting the COVID-19 pandemic, at the Philippine General Hospital in Manila, the Philippines, March 14, 2021. /CFP

Artists and medical workers plant flowers on a hospital bed to create an installation title "Whispering Flower Beds" in tribute to healthcare workers in fighting the COVID-19 pandemic, at the Philippine General Hospital in Manila, the Philippines, March 14, 2021. /CFP

A pedestrian walks past mural drawn by French street artist JBC, depicting a nurse with a protective face mask, and paying tribute to medical workers during the COVID-19 pandemic, in Paris, France, March 24, 2021. /CFP

A pedestrian walks past mural drawn by French street artist JBC, depicting a nurse with a protective face mask, and paying tribute to medical workers during the COVID-19 pandemic, in Paris, France, March 24, 2021. /CFP

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