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Between Nov 9 and Nov 18, 1989, East Germany issued over 10 million travel visas. Why the sudden rush? An accidental announcement on live TV brought down the Berlin Wall, sending thousands to the borders with no turning back. Read the story 🧱

🧵 What do you see when you really look at art? Together with @Courtauld, we’re launching ‘The Art of Looking’ to open up art and art history to everyone. Read more here 🔗

@courtauld We're also announcing a new joint experimental AI residency. The project explores how AI can unlock the Courtauld's extensive photographic archives, making these images searchable and connecting them to learning curricula worldwide. 🏛️

@courtauld Art history is a living narrative waiting to be explored. Take a closer look at the collection and find your part of the story today: 🔗 ✨

Let’s go color hunting for the hues within the collection of @SHOHAKU_Museum in Nara, Japan. 🎨

@SHOHAKU_Museum You’ll find azure, ultramarine, indigo, and teal - thanks to the use of natural mineral pigments such as lapis lazuli.

@SHOHAKU_Museum Tap the link to find artworks that match your chosen color palette on Google Arts & Culture:

Here’s a 19th-century autumn treat 🍂 Young girl carrying a pumpkin 🎨 Fausto Zonaro 📅 1889 🏛️ Sakıp Sabancı Museum, Istanbul #FaustoZonaro #Girlwithpumpkin #Ottoman #ArtHistory #GoogleArtsAndCulture

Young Girl Carrying a Pumpkin is a masterpiece by Fausto Zonaro, an Italian artist who became the official court painter for the Ottoman Empire. See how he blended Western academic realistic painting techniques, with the local color, and light of the East.

Explore the painting in full detail on Google Arts & Culture. Your Halloween aesthetic, now elevated 🎃

Reinventing modern architecture with sweeping curves instead of straight lines 📐🏛️ Oscar Niemeyer transformed 20th-century design by rejecting rigid, boxy structures in favor of fluid, organic forms inspired by the Brazilian landscape.

Scroll down to explore his iconic sketches, structural studies, and celebrated projects. 🧵👇

Explore the life and work of Oscar Niemeyer on Google Arts & Culture: @imoreirasalles #OscarNiemeyer #Architecture #Modernism #DesignHistory #GoogleArtsAndCulture #MicroMomentsInTime

Spotting the AI-generated image hiding among these artworks takes a sharp eye 🔍

Examine the composition, lighting choices, and fine surface details across each image to see if your selection matches the reveal slide 🎨

Share your top pick in the comments, then head to Google Arts & Culture to try the full challenge 🔍

🧵 To mark 15 years of connecting people with art, history and heritage, Google Arts & Culture is rolling out a redesigned experience on the mobile app. Powered by Google AI, it makes exploring culture intuitive, serendipitous, and conversational. ✨🔗

What if you could converse with history? 📞 With our new Dial-an-Artist experiment, AI lets you "call" and chat with personas of iconic historical creators for dynamic, two-way learning.🔗

City Guide expands to 27 new destinations worldwide just in time for winter travel planning. Discover local landmarks, architectural wonders, and cultural hotspots. 🏔️ Update now on Google Play and the App Store .🔗