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  • CAMPBELL, CA - MAY 06: A various replicas of world...

    CAMPBELL, CA - MAY 06: A various replicas of world famous art works are on display at "The Emergency Art Museum" in the front yard of Johnny DePalma's home on May 6, 2020, in Campbell, Calif. (Dai Sugano/Bay Area News Group)

  • CAMPBELL, CA - MAY 06: Lana Helms of Campbell helps...

    CAMPBELL, CA - MAY 06: Lana Helms of Campbell helps her 4-year-old daughter, Ana, look at a various replicas of world famous art works on display at "The Emergency Art Museum" in the front yard of Johnny DePalma's home on May 6, 2020, in Campbell, Calif. (Dai Sugano/Bay Area News Group)

  • CAMPBELL, CA - MAY 06: The creator of "The Emergency...

    CAMPBELL, CA - MAY 06: The creator of "The Emergency Art Museum" Johnny DePalma, a local children's book author, poses for a portrait at his pop-up gallery in the front yard of his home in Campbell, Calif., on May 6, 2020. (Dai Sugano/Bay Area News Group)

  • CAMPBELL, CA - MAY 06: Anna Tsellas of Campbell, left,...

    CAMPBELL, CA - MAY 06: Anna Tsellas of Campbell, left, and her husband, Evan Tsellas stop by to look at a various replicas of world famous art works at "The Emergency Art Museum" in the front yard of Johnny DePalma's home on May 6, 2020, in Campbell, Calif. (Dai Sugano/Bay Area News Group)

  • CAMPBELL, CA - MAY 06: A various replicas of world...

    CAMPBELL, CA - MAY 06: A various replicas of world famous art works are on display at "The Emergency Art Museum" in the front yard of Johnny DePalma's home on May 6, 2020, in Campbell, Calif. (Dai Sugano/Bay Area News Group)

  • CAMPBELL, CA - MAY 06: A various replicas of world...

    CAMPBELL, CA - MAY 06: A various replicas of world famous art works are on display at "The Emergency Art Museum" in the front yard of Johnny DePalma's home on May 6, 2020, in Campbell, Calif. (Dai Sugano/Bay Area News Group)

  • CAMPBELL, CA - MAY 06: The creator of "The Emergency...

    CAMPBELL, CA - MAY 06: The creator of "The Emergency Art Museum" Johnny DePalma, a local children's book author, poses for a portrait at his pop-up gallery in the front yard of his home in Campbell, Calif., on May 6, 2020. (Dai Sugano/Bay Area News Group)

  • CAMPBELL, CA - MAY 06: A various replicas of world...

    CAMPBELL, CA - MAY 06: A various replicas of world famous art works are on display at "The Emergency Art Museum" in the front yard of Johnny DePalma's home on May 6, 2020, in Campbell, Calif. (Dai Sugano/Bay Area News Group)

  • CAMPBELL, CA - MAY 06: Lana Helms of Campbell, left,...

    CAMPBELL, CA - MAY 06: Lana Helms of Campbell, left, and her friend, Irina Shakhova of San Jose, look at a various replicas of world famous art works on display at "The Emergency Art Museum" in the front yard of Johnny DePalma's home on May 6, 2020, in Campbell, Calif. (Dai Sugano/Bay Area News Group)

  • CAMPBELL, CA - MAY 06: A various replicas of world...

    CAMPBELL, CA - MAY 06: A various replicas of world famous art works are on display at "The Emergency Art Museum" in the front yard of Johnny DePalma's home on May 6, 2020, in Campbell, Calif. (Dai Sugano/Bay Area News Group)

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Dai Sugano, staff photojournalist and senior multimedia editor, The Mercury News, for his Wordpress profile. (Nhat V. Meyer/Bay Area News Group)
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Even during a global pandemic, art never dies.

Neighbors living near Campbell’s Jack Fischer Park have been gifted with an exhibition of world-famous art pieces — in one art lover’s front lawn.

Johnny DePalma, a local children’s book author, has created a pop-up art gallery, “The Emergency Art Museum,” displaying replicas of 57 world-famous art pieces — from Bansky’s “Balloon Girl” and Andy Warhol’s “Campbell’s Soup Can” to a giant version of Jeff Koons’ “Balloon Dogs.” The museum is free of charge to visitors.

DePalma says he created the pop-up gallery as a response to the lack of art resources available to children who are distance learning during the stay-at-home order in the Bay Area.