The J. Paul Getty Museum has been closed since March, but that hasn’t stopped Rachel Emmer from taking a few paintings from its collection to bolster her own, virtually. Ms. Emmer, a 36-year-old old video editor, isn’t a thief—she and other gamers have been given free rein by the Getty to pick works from the museum’s online collection to upload in the lockdown’s hit videogame, Nintendo’s “Animal Crossing: New Horizons.” This popular life-simulation game lets players cultivate their own islands, and Ms. Emmer recently uploaded...

Source: Wall Street Journal August 19, 2020 15:56 UTC