![]() ![]() Works from 600 museums and galleries in 60 different countries are presented in Google Art Project. Presently the platform accommodates seven million interactive objects, including more than 10,000 works in ultra-high resolution. ![]() In 2011, the Google Art Project, in partnership with 17 famous museums, provided the Internet users with an opportunity to familiarize themselves with information about artwork and create their own virtual collections. This is how an idea emerged to create this project,” says Amit Sood, now the director of Google Culture Academy. I became aware that it was for the reason that in India the people did not have the same access to what I had seen. “ I came back home and told people about these beautiful buildings and works of art, because I was so impressed. Having arrived in New York from India in 1999, a man named Amit Sood was so impressed with the diversity of local museums that he just couldn’t hold it in. How has the team managed to “capture” the collections of 600 world museums and what does the future hold for the project? From the moment of its founding in 2011 and up until today, the Google Art Project online platform has been developing in huge (or should we say gigapixel) steps. ![]()
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