1. GOOGLE GOES GLOBAL WITH EXPANDED ART PROJECT
Tuesday April 3: Google today announced a major global expansion of the Art Project, signing new
partnerships with 151 partners in 40 countries.
From now on, with a few simple clicks of their fingers, art lovers will be able to discover not just
paintings, but also sculpture, street art, and photographs. Creations from a wide variety of cultures and
civilizations are represented, including Brazilian street graffiti, Islamic decorative arts and ancient
African rock art.
The project has expanded dramatically. More than 30,000 objects are available to view in high
resolution, up from 1,000 in the first version. Street View images now cover 46 museums, with more
on the way.
A wide range of institutions, large and small, traditional art museums as well as less traditional settings
for great art, are represented in the expanded Art Project. Click here and take a look at the White
House in Washington D.C. Explore the collection of the Museum of Islamic Art in Qatar. Continue the
journey in India, exploring the Santiniketan Triptych in the halls of the National Gallery of Modern Art,
Delhi.
Beyond Art Project’s magic
* Voir la liste complète des partenaires et des œuvres visibles en gigapixels en annexe.
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KEY FEATURES OF THE NEW ART PROJECT:
• Users may browse the content by the artist’s name, the artwork, the type of art, the museum,
the country, the city and the collection. Google+ and video hangouts are integrated on the
site, allowing viewers to create even more engaging personal galleries.
• A specially designed Street View ‘trolley’ took 360 degree images of the interior of selected
galleries which were then stitched together, enabling smooth navigation of over hundreds of
rooms within the museums. The gallery interiors can also be explored directly from within
Street View in Google Maps.
• More than 30,000 artworks are featured in high resolution. Some have been photographed in
extraordinary detail using super high resolution or ‘gigapixel’ photo capturing technology,
enabling the viewer to study details of the brushwork and patina beyond that possible with the
naked eye.
• An enhanced My Gallery feature allows users to select any of the 30,000 artworks - along
with their favorite details - and ‘build their own personalised gallery. Comments can be added
to each painting and the whole collection can then be shared with friends and family. It’s an
ideal tool for students.
• The new Art Project includes other completely new tools called Explore and Discover. Users
can find artworks by period, artist or type of artwork, displaying works from different museums
around the world.
Nelson Mattos, VP Engineering, Google
“Google is committed to bringing all types of culture online and making it accessible. The Art Project
demonstrates how the Internet helps spread knowledge.”
Amit Sood, Head of Art Project, Google
“The Art Project is going global, thanks to our new partners from around the entire world. It’s no longer
just about the Indian student wanting to visit Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York. It is now also
about the American student wanting to visit the National Gallery of Modern Art in Delhi.”
The Art Project illustrates Google’s commitment to bringing culture online and making it accessible the
widest possible audience. Under the auspices of the Cultural Institute, Google is producing high
resolution images of the Dead Sea Scrolls, digitizing the archives of famous figures such as Nelson
Mandela, and creating 3D models of 18th century French cities.
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Find out even more about Art Project on our new YouTube channel,
and explore the project at the www.googleartproject.com
A screenshot of the new Art Project version
About Google Inc.
Google (NASDAQ: GOOG) is a global technology leader focused on improving the ways people connect with
information. Google’s innovations in web search and advertising have made its website a top internet property
and its brand one of the most recognized in the world. For more information, visit www.google.com/about.html.
Contacts:
William Echikson
bechikson@google.com
0032 475 66 97 36
Anne-Gabrielle Dauba Pantanacce
presse-fr@google.com
0033 1 42 68 53 66
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APPENDIX
ART PROJECT: 151 PARTNERS IN 40 COUNTRIES
Country Partner name
Argentina Museo Nacional de Bellas Artes de Buenos Aires
Australian Rock Art
Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney
Museum Victoria
Australia
Museum of Contemporary Art
National Gallery of Australia, Canberra
National Gallery of Victoria
Albertina, Vienna
Austria Leopold Museums
Kunsthistorisches Museum Vienna (Museum of Fine Arts)
Belgium Royal Museums of Fine Arts of Belgium
Museu de Arte Moderna de São Paulo
Brazil
Pinacoteca do Estado de São Paulo
Canada Art Gallery of Ontario
China Ullens Center for Contemporary Art
Museo Botero, Bogotá
Colombia
Museo Del Oro, Bogotá
Museum Kampa, Prague
Czech
The National Gallery in Prague
Ny Carlsberg Glyptotek, Copenhagen
Denmark
Statens Museum fur Kunst
Musée d’Orsay, Paris
Musée de l'Orangerie
Château de Fontainebleau
France
Musée du quai Branly
Palace of Versailles
Château de Chantilly
Alte Nationalgalerie
Altes Museum, Berlin
Gemäldegalerie
Kupferstichkabinett, Berlin
Museum Kunstpalast, Düsseldorf
Pergamonmuseum
Grünes Gewölbe – Green Vault (Dresden)
Kupferstich-Kabinett – Collection of Prints, Drawings and
Photographs
Münzkabinett – Coin Cabinet
Germany Rüstkammer und Türckische Cammer: Armoury and
Turkish Chamber
Staatliche Ethnografische Sammlungen Sachsen -
Saxonian Sate Collections of Ethnography
Porzellansammlung – Porcelain Collection
Mathematisch-Physikalischer Salon – Mathematical and
Physical Salon
Gemäldegalerie Alte Meister – Old Masters Picture Gallery
Skulpturensammlung – Sculpture Collection
Galerie Neue Meister – New Masters Gallery
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Museum für Sächsische Volkskunst mit
Puppentheatersammlung - Saxon Folk Art Museum with
Puppet Theatre Collection
Kunstgewerbemuseum – Museum of Decorative Arts
Acropolis Museum
Greece Benaki Museum of Greek Civilization
Museum of Cycladic Art
Hong Kong Heritage Museum
Hong Kong
Hong Kong Museum of Art
Hungarian National Gallery
Hungary
Museum of Fine Arts, Budapest
National Gallery Of Modern Art (NGMA), New Delhi
India
National Museum, Delhi
Indonesia Museum Nasional Indonesia
Israel The Israel Museum
Uffizi Gallery
Italy
Musei Capitolini
Adachi Museum of Art
Bridgestone Museum
Ohara Museum of Art
Japan
Suntory Museum of Art
The National Museum of Western Art
Tokyo National Museum
Museo Frida Kahlo
Museo Dolores Olmedo
Mexico
Museo Nacional de Antropología, México
Museo Nacional de Arte (MUNAL)
Gemeentemuseum
Koninklijk Paleis Amsterdam
The Kröller-Müller Museum
Netherlands
Museum Boijmans Van Beuningen
Rijksmuseum
Van Gogh Museum
Auckland Art Gallery Toi o Tāmaki
New Zealand
Te Papa
Norway The Munch Museum
Peru MALI, Museo de Arte de Lima
Philippines Ayala Museum
Muzeum Sztuki, Łódź
Poland
The Wilanów Palace Museum
Portugal Museu Colecção Berardo
The Museum of Islamic Art, Doha
Qatar
Arab Museum of Modern Art, Mathaf
International Centre of the Roerichs
The Pushkin State Museum of Fine Arts, Moscow
Russia The State Hermitage Museum, St.Petersburg
The State Russian Museum, St. Petersburg
The State Tretyakov Gallery
Singapore National Heritage Board, Singapore
The Rock Art Research Institute, University of the
South Africa Witwatersrand, Johannesburg
South African National Gallery
South Korea Korean Art Museum Association
Fundación Santander
Spain Institut Valencià d'Art Modern
Museu Nacional d'Art de Catalunya
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Museo de Bellas Artes de Bilbao
Museo Art Nouveau y Art Déco - Casa Lis
Museo Reina Sofia
Museo Thyssen - Bornemisza
The Royal Armoury, Sweden
Skokloster Castle
Sweden Hallwyl Museum
National Museums of World Culture
Nationalmuseum Stockholm
Switzerland The Olympic Museum
Taiwan National Palace Museum, Taiwan
Pera Museum, Istanbul
Turkey
Sakıp Sabancı Museum
The Art Institute of Chicago
The J. Paul Getty Museum
The Museum of Fine Arts, Houston
Museum of Fine Arts, Boston
De Young Museum
Denver Art Museum
Freer Gallery of Art, Smithsonian
Gibbes Museum of Art
Indianapolis Museum of Art
The Jewish Museum New York
Los Angeles County Museum of Art
MoMA, The Museum of Modern Art
National Gallery of Art, Washington DC
National Portrait Gallery
The Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art
U.S.
Norman Rockwell Museum
Philadelphia Museum of Art
Rubin Museum of Art
SCAD Museum of Art
Smithsonian American Art Museum
Cooper-Hewitt, National Design Museum
The Frick Collection
The Metropolitan Museum of Art
Toledo Art Museum
The Brooklyn Museum
The White House
San Francisco Museum of Modern Art (SFMOMA)
Yale Center for British Art
The Jane Voorhees Zimmerli Art Museum
Dulwich Picture Gallery
Imperial War Museum
Museum of London
National Galleries of Scotland
National Gallery, London
The Jewish Museum, London
UK British Council
The Royal Collection, London
Tate Modern
Tate Britain
Serpentine Gallery
Victoria & Albert Museum
Walker Art Gallery, Liverpool
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ART PROJECT: 46 ARTWORKS AVAILABLE IN GIGAPIXELS
PARTNERS ARTWORK TITLE ARTISTES
Museum Kampa The Cathedral František Kupka
Marie-Antoinette de Lorraine-
Habsbourg, Queen of France, and Louise Elisabeth Vigée-
Palace of Versailles her children Lebrun
Alte Nationalgalerie In the Conservatory Edouard Manet
Gemäldegalerie Portrait of a Young Woman Petrus Christus
Galleria degli Uffizi The Birth of Venus Boticelli
Van Gogh Museum The bedroom Vincent van Gogh
Rijksmuseum The Nightwatch Rembrandt
The Apparition of Christ to the
The State Tretyakov Gallery People Aleksander Ivanov
The State Hermitage Museum Return of the Prodigal Son Rembrandt
Museo Thyssen Bornemisza Young Knight in a Landscape Vittore Carpaccio
Museo Reina Sofia The Bottle of Anís del Mono Juan Gris
MoMA, The Museum of Modern Art The Starry Night Vincent van Gogh
The Frick Collection St. Francis in the Desert Giovanni Bellini
The Princess from the Land of
Freer Gallery of Art, Smithsonian Porcelain James McNeill Whistler
The Metropolitan Museum of Art The Harvesters Pieter Bruegel the Elder
Tate Britain No Woman, No Cry Chris Ofili
Hans Holbein the
National Gallery The Ambassadors Younger
Art Gallery of New South Wales
Fire's on Arthur Streeton
Clifford Possum
National Gallery of Australia
Warlugulong Tjapaltjarri
Museum of fine Art,
Kunshistorisches Museum The Tower of Babel Pieter Bruegel the Elder
Musées Royaux des Beaux-Arts The Fall of the Rebel Angels Pieter Bruegel the Elder
Pinacoteca do Estado Saudade Almeida Júnior
MAM, Museu de Arte Moderna de
São Paulo Sem título Osgemeos
Musée d’Orsay
Bal du moulin de la Galette Pierre-Auguste Renoir
Musée de l'Orangerie
Paul Guillaume, Novo Pilota Amedeo Modigliani
Musée du quai Branly Masque de façade
Louis XIV of France hunting near the
Fontainebleau Palace of Fontainebleau Pierre-Denis Martin
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Pergamonmuseum
Lion relief from the Processional Way Unknown
Altes Museum Centaurs mosaic Unknown
Acropolis Museum The Parthenon East Frieze, Block VI Unknown
Radha and Krishna in the boat of
National Museum love Nihal Chand
National Gallery of Modern Art Santiniketan Triptych Tyeb Mehta
Israel Museum Isaiah Scroll Unknown
Musei Capitolini Annunciation Garofalo
Tokyo National Museum Maple Viewers Kano Hideyori
Adachi Museum of Art Autumn Leaves Yokoyama Taikan
Museo Nacional de Antropología Piedra del Sol Unknown
KONINKLIJK PALEIS AMSTERDAM The Judgement of Solomon Artus Quellinus
Islamic Museum of Qatar
Velvet with Female Figures Unknown
The Pushkin State Museum of Fine Bucentaur's return to the pier by The Giovanni Antonio Canal
Arts Palazzo decale Canaletto
The State Russian Museum The Last Day of Pompeii Karl Briullov
MNAC Altarpiece of Saint Vincent Bernat Martorell
White House Executive Office of the
President Portrait of George Washington Gilbert Stuart
A Sunday Afternoon on the Island of
Art Institute of Chicago
La Grande Jatte Georges-Pierre Seurat
Getty Center
The Abduction of Europa Rembrandt
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