Virtual museums – a window to the world

The Google Art Project, which I stumbled across recently, is an amazing undertaking, providing instant access to pictures from some of world’s most renowned galleries.

There are also Street View depictions of places like the National Gallery in London, the National Museum in Delhi and even The White House.

Tate brings Joan Miro exhibition to the iPhone

Your phone may well already serve as an mp3 player, camera, address book and have any number of other app-fueled uses, so it’s little surprise to see art gallery guidebook added to the list.

This week the Tate launched an iPhone/iPad app for its retrospective of the Spanish surrealist painter Joan Miro.

An interesting use of the technology, it’s the Tate’s third exhibition app – following themed apps for its Gauguin and Muybridge shows last year – and is intended as part visitor guide, part memento.