4 new games and experiments from Google Arts & Culture to inspire your summer

Boost your cultural learning and discovery this summer with four new experiments that explore fun ways technology and digital play can expand access to arts and culture online. Created by our artists in residence and with a new collaboration with the Cleveland Museum of Art.

One Sound, Two Frames

Discover art through music, and match the AI generated music to the correct artwork. One Sound, Two Frames was created by Google Arts & Culture Lab artist in residence Emmanuel Durgoni in collaboration with Research Scientist Timo Denk from Google DeepMind.

Timo built an image-to-music technology with Google AI that analyzes art, describes it, then uses that description to generate music that matches the artwork. As part of his residency, Emmanuel is exploring playful interactions that aid our discovery of artworks on Google Arts and Culture. Emmanuel was inspired by Timo’s research and created a playful interface that invites the viewer to look at artworks in greater detail to make sure they match the correct artwork to the music that they are hearing.

One Minute Guides

Are you a fashionista? A Foodie? Or perhaps a romantic? Maybe an athlete? With One Minute Guides, you can learn about art through the lens of your favorite hobbies. This experiment provides a personalized exploration of six major art movements on Google Arts & Culture, from Romanticism to Art Nouveau to Manga, with the help of Google AI.

We are also introducing a special edition of One Minute Guides with the Cleveland Museum of Art. Working with their Open Access API and Google’s multimodal model Gemini, we have collaborated to pilot a new way for you to engage with their collections of Sculpture, Chinese Art, Furniture, Decorative Art, and Textiles.

Created by Google Arts & Culture Lab artist in residence Jack Wild, the starting point for this experiment was to ask: can Google AI help turn vast amounts of unstructured text into accessible short art guides for the public based on popular interest areas? With One Minute Guides, Google AI helps us surface interesting information hidden within the Google Arts & Culture collection tailored to your interest areas: whether you're a romantic who loves Ukiyo-e or a Nature lover who can't get enough of Romanticism, we've got you covered.

What the Art?

Embark on a solo adventure, or gather up to 8 friends and family for a lively multiplayer showdown in an Art-inspired party game created in collaboration with French indie studio La Belle Games. In What The Art?, each player takes turns assuming the role of the artist, tasked with sketching a well-known artwork on a digital canvas. The other players, watching the artist's strokes in real-time, must race against time to identify the artwork from a selection of 10 options. The quickest to identify the artwork earns the most points. From the masterpieces of the Renaissance to the groundbreaking works of modern art, you'll encounter a diverse array of artistic expressions that will spark your imagination.

Daily Gallery

Every day, Daily Gallery presents you with an empty room and a new delivery of art pieces and exciting furnishings to fill it with. Unleash Your Inner Designer as you curate and decorate your own unique and ever-expanding gallery, discovering countless masterpieces along the way from the collections of Google Arts & Culture partners. Return each day to uncover new artworks and furnishings, share your best rooms and keep returning to unlock Golden Rooms where you can curate something extra special using all of the artworks you've received before. Created in collaboration with Danish studio Set Snail.

All of these experiments and many more can be found in the ‘Play’ Tab on the Google Arts & Culture website and app (available now on Android and iOS). Have Fun!