Digital Access to Art Galleries are vastly available in our Online World. There are vast opportunities for Cultural Entertainment everywhere. Today, there are several options available for your listening, or viewing pleasures. Whatever your preference, you can find something to enjoy here.
Here are some sites that allow you to experience art visually from the comfort of your home.
- Google Arts and Culture: This site contains museum quality images from places around the globe. There are even virtual tours of some of the most famous galleries out there. You can feel like you are actually there, without ever leaving home!!
- The Metropolitan Museum of Art (The Met) Open Access: This is a beautifully designed Online Gallery that contains a fantastic collection of artwork, all available to the public.
- The Louvre Online Collections: Imagine being able to tour this historically famous museum/gallery. Here, you can explore various pieces of art work that are contained within the actual museum, and the best part is that you won’t be asked to leave at quitting time, or spend days going through each section in order to see it all.
Creative Platforms for Artists:
Here are some sites that all individual artists to create their art, and show it off as they do.
- DeviantArt: This is an incredible community of individual artists that has come together to showcase their own unique artwork, whether that art be in digital or traditional form.
- Behance: This is a setting for various art professionals that allows them to create high-quality portfolios for various artistic professions.
- ArtStation: This is a special place for those who create digitally, concept artists, and 3D designers. If this peaks your interest, go and check it out.
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Art Inspiration and Curation:
- Pinterest: This is a site where users can create, and share artwork collections.
- Instagram Art Hashtags and Profiles: Simply search hashtags like #FineArt, #Illustration #DigitalArt, or #AbstractArt. This will allow you to find and share contemporary artists, especially those that haven’t been discovered yet.
- WikiArt: Typical to Wiki, this is a detailed online encyclopedia that brings access to classic or modern works of visual art.
Community-Based Art Sharing:
- Reddit r/Art: This is a site where users post and discuss different forms of art. Check it out, the more you use it, the more you will discover to love about this site.
We are continually being impressed about what we find that is out there and available for all of us to be able to create and share their own unique expressions of art. There are many incredible avenues out there that make art available to us all.