The curators are at it again. Following last week's first <a href="https://www.thenational.ae/arts-culture/art/click-with-caution-why-museums-are-sharing-photos-of-their-creepiest-objects-online-1.1008901#2">Curator Battle</a> – an online challenge from the Yorkshire Museum that asked museum professionals to share objects from their collection based on a theme – the second round kicked off on Friday with the task of finding the #SassiestObject. Yorkshire Museum’s submission set the tone: a bust of Constantine the Great, the acclaimed Roman Emperor who reunited the empire and named the capital after himself (now modern-day Istanbul). “He knows he’s worth it. Can you beat it?”, wrote the museum in a Tweet. The Natural Sciences Museum in Edinburgh delivered their own sass in the form of an bulbous ocean sunfish with a particular expression that, according to the museum, says, “Talk the fin, pal”. A curator from the London’s Science Museum under the username @Punk_Science shared a chaotic display of an albino peacock with a cat leaping over it. Another highlight came from the Fashion and Textile Museum in London with a photo of French actress Michele Morgan dramatically walking dog statues in a tailored outfit. “Does she have real dogs to walk? No. Does she care? Also no,” said the museum. The Ota Memorial Museum of Art in Tokyo shared ukiyo-e, a type of art produced on woodblock prints displaying scenes from Japanese culture, including landscapes and figures such as theatre actors and courtesans. The museum’s pick depicts a female courtesan in an elaborate kimono with bird print. The rest of the submissions for the Curator Battle ranged from a stuffed kangaroo, marble busts, regal portraits, swords, fashion accessories and a Salvador Dali sculpture-cum-sofa of Mae West's lips. Yorkshire Museum’s first online challenge last week focused on creepiest objects, and was created as a way to keep museums connected to audiences despite closures caused by the Covid-19 pandemic. Museums in the UK and around the world remain shuttered as countries are dealing with rising coronavirus cases, which has now reached 2.8 million globally at the time of writing. <strong>_________________</strong> <strong>Read more:</strong> <strong><a href="https://www.thenational.ae/arts-culture/art/digital-dominance-are-sites-like-artsy-the-only-future-for-the-art-market-1.1010966">Digital dominance: are sites like Artsy the only future for the art market?</a></strong> <strong><a href="https://www.thenational.ae/arts-culture/art/we-keep-on-moving-towards-the-light-india-and-uae-galleries-collaborate-for-online-exhibition-1.1010219">'We keep on moving towards the light': India and UAE galleries collaborate for online exhibition</a></strong> <strong><a href="https://www.thenational.ae/arts-culture/art/why-maitha-demithan-hasn-t-yet-seen-her-striking-stayhome-artworks-on-sheikh-zayed-road-1.1009167">Why Maitha Demithan hasn't yet seen her striking #StayHome artworks on Sheikh Zayed Road</a></strong> <strong>_________________</strong>