Take a virtual tour of a Frank Lloyd Wright masterpiece, HollyhockHouse, a UNESCO World Heritage Site in Los Angeles. JoshuaWhite

How to experience art and culturewithout leaving home

Great galleries and museums a clickaway

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Published:June 19, 2020

Updated:June 19, 2020 6:02 AM PDT

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Art is more than an escape. It engages the mind and

emotions, raising us to higher aspirations, reminding

us of bigger pictures and better days. Given the

events of the last few months and the myriad ways

the COVID-19 pandemic has upended our lives, we’ve

never needed art more than we do now. But with so

many museums and galleries closed or on the far side

of travel restrictions, how can we experience it?

Virtually, of course. (Note that although these sites

are free, galleries still need funds to operate. Please

consider making a donation if you are able to do so.)

The Wright stuff

Frank Lloyd Wright’s Hollyhock House is an

architectural masterpiece and one of the top cultural

landmarks of Los Angeles. Now those who love art

and architecture can explore it at their leisure, thanks

to a new virtual tour that was originally designed for

those with disabilities.

The home was added to the UNESCO World Heritage

List last July, and shortly afterward the City of Los

Angeles Department of Cultural Affairs collaborated

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with the Department on Disability and the Barnsdall

Art Park Foundation to put it online and make it

accessible to everyone.

The project also includes digital archives of original

drawings and blueprints detailing plans for an

ambitious arts complex that was partially realized by

Wright and Hollyhock House’s original owner, Aline

Barnsdall.

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Google’s gallery

If you’ve ever visited, say, the Musée d’Orsay in Paris

and been disheartened by the selfie-stick-wielding

hordes, you’ll be delighted to discover that you can

now browse through some of the world’s greatest

cultural institutions from the comfort of your screen.

Google Arts & Culture has teamed up with more than

2,500 museums and galleries to create virtual tours

and online exhibits. The collection includes London’s

British Museum, Amsterdam’s Rijksmuseum, the

Guggenheim in New York City, Vancouver Art

Gallery and much, much more.

Indeed, if you missed it back in 2014, this is one of

the best places to view the very first major museum

show ever for Vancouver’s own Douglas Coupland.

His VAG exhibition everywhere is anywhere is

anything is everything explored the key themes in his

art, including the interpretation of Canadian-ness in

works by the Group of Seven and Emily Carr.

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Of course, not all museums are on the Google portal.

Some have instead created their own virtual tours.

Among them is the Louvre in Paris, which offers

tours of several galleries and exhibitions, including

its Egyptian antiquities and the remains of its moat.

louvre.fr

In Rome, the Vatican Museums have virtually flung

open their doors to offer 360-degree views of seven

historic and sacred spaces including the Sistine

Chapel, as well as a guided You Visit tour of St.

Peter’s Basilica and Square.

And even though you can’t make like Ferris Bueller

and visit the Art Institute of Chicago in person, you

can still get lost in the fine points of A Sunday on La

Grand Jatte and 571 other works thanks to this

magnificent gallery’s virtual tour.

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