Google Arts & Culture

Arecastrum Romanzoffianum

Google, if your target for this app is 8-year-olds looking for fun and games, could you please rename it so those of us looking for "Arts and Culture" will know to look elsewhere? This app is a mess. I had to scroll down countless times to find the most basic links to "Museums", "Artworks", etc. Weren't you the guys who invented those sandwich menus up top for precisely this sort of high-level navigation? You might consider using them. (Yes, I did eventually find "Collections" in the existing menu.) And... try looking at a painting in landscape mode. Good luck! The "Arts and Culture" banner always descends, covering at least 20% of the picture with no apparent way to get rid of it. Honestly, this app needs a new curator.

A Google user

I open the app and get a white and blue circle. I have to go to my home screen and then back to app to see my feed. The art selfie is not working. I take a picture and it does nothing, or a few dots fly across the screen and then it still does nothing. I wrote this review already and when I came back to edit it, it was gone so I had to rewrite it.

Just Me

BEAUTIFUL!!, I REALLY LIKE THIS! A lot of different Art collections & ways of looking into art, from simple exhibitions & links directly to collections, to games made around art, to articles about art in the recent news....all sorts of things & all related to art. Well presented & a nice relaxing app to spend some quality time on. I do have a negative to complain about though - using street view to explore galleries does not work smoothly!!I dont bother with that part, it just keeps crashing!

A Google user

Love this app! I was not expecting to honestly. The imagery is stunning. For example, the 3d view of artifacts is so detailed you can literally see the texture as if you're physically in the museum browsing these works of art. Extensive collection with lots of variety. I experienced no glitches or crashes. Very useful and educational!

A Google user

Lots of good information and data, but can be cumbersome to navigate. My biggest problems are that 1. There is no way to edit or delete a gallery that we make under our profile. 2. No way to suggest museums and art pieces that are missing from the app's database. For example, my city's art museum is not searchable in the app. Also, no support.

A Google user

Though my phone has plenty of space and I have no problems with other apps, this app often wouldn't open at all. Tried the art selfie and all it did was take a photo then stall for several minutes with dots on the photo, then it said take another photo (with the first one still on the screen so it was hard to line up correctly). Just a loop. Lighting and background changes didn't help. Uninstalled. Seems like a good app if you can get it to work.

Bryan Marsiglia

Conceptually a great idea, especially considering the current global situation. One thing that has immediately frustrated me though is when viewing an image/painting/artefact ect. in "enlarged or fullscreen" mode, the google status bar on top of the screen pops down blocking the upper portion of the image. The only way to maintain a clear screen is by continually moving or zooming the image.

A Google user

Nearly unusable. After opening the app, a blue ring appears and although I've waited many minutes, it will not load into the app. I can only sometimes load into the app when I go to another window then back to this app. When attempting to use the "Art Selfie" feature, it will freeze and add dots to the picture. After this, the app is entirely unusable and you must close the app and attempt to open it again (the way I mentioned earlier.) It's frustrating and must be fixed to be useful.

A Google user

THIS app is my new go-to.😍 It takes you on a journey. It's INCREDIBLE!! You can browse art & artists by medium, technique, country, era, genre, palette, or movement, just to name a few. I founds tons of areas of modern a d classic art areas to explore and learn more about. it felt like traveling. I adore using it❤ THERE IS SO MUCH IN HERE ❤

A Google user

I was excited that I can see Vermeer's paintings. I just red an article today about this app. Apparently to load the Vermeer site, you have to take your cell phone camera and wave it in a circle on table. You need a well lit area and something that has texture on it to scan. I did this repeatedly- perhaps ten times. I finally got it to open the AR Vermeer studio, but it cancelled out and I had to start over again. No thanks. Google shouldn't release an app that is so buggy.