Google’s Wallpaper Art app adds culture to your Chromebook

Do you often stare at your Chromebook display (or any other device running Chrome OS) wishing you could gaze upon the many artworks in the world, all from the comfort of the display in front of you? Well, Google has a side project called the Cultural Institute that goes around digitizing works of art from all over the world, from museums, galleries and archives. Once the piece of art has been digitized, the image is then placed online for all to see. Which is all well and good, I hear you say, but what has this to do with the Chrome OS? Well, the Cultural Institute’s Art Project has just released a Chrome OS app called Google Wallpaper Art that will update your wallpaper every day with an image of a piece of art.

Whether it’s Picasso, Van Gogh, Monet, perhaps something more contemporary or even street artists from around the world, a new image of a different artwork will find its way to your Chrome OS device every morning. If you aren’t keen on the day’s chosen image, you can simply move on to the next wallpaper in line. To get your hands on the Google Wallpaper app, all you have to do is visit the Chrome Web Store and add it to the Chrome browser. As yet, the app is only compatible with the Chrome OS.

Source: Francois Beaufort (Google Plus)
Via: 9to5Google

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