#HappyBirthdayARMY! 💜
BTS x Street Galleries is a collaboration between icons BTS and Google Arts & Culture Lab. The experiment takes you on a tour of the places and artworks that reflect their personal story, curated by the band. #MyBTStory
Try it now:
g.co/BTSstreetgalleries
Discover the art that inspires BTS: read below to discover how each band member found creative inspiration from the paintings, objects and sculptures in their curated galleries. #MyBTStory 💜 ⬇️
ALT A photo of BTS members sat on chairs in the Las Vegas Mojave Desert.
"Want to get to know BTS like never before? Explore the BTS x Street Galleries to see the art and places that inspire the band, and create your own personal gallery as a message of hope and wellbeing 💜
Read on to discover how to use it #MyBTStory ⬇️
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ALT An image showing photos of all the BTS members on a background of purple-colored city scene.
BTS art appreciation thread 💜⬇️
Show us your favorite painting or sculpture from the galleries and tell us what it makes you feel about your connection to BTS. #MyBTStory
V:
"Van Gogh is is one of my all time favorite artists – his work is so alive."
"Self-Portrait with a Straw Hat"
🎨#VincentvanGogh
📅1887
🏛️@metmuseum
BTS x Street Galleries: g.co/BTSstreetgalleries
ALT An oil painting of Van Gogh wearing a straw hat.
Jung Kook:
"I've been trying to perfect my drumming skills recently and I can't wait to show you guys something great soon."
"Drummer"
🎨Bow Porcelain Factory
📅1765
🏛️@metmuseum
BTS x Street Galleries: g.co/BTSstreetgalleries
ALT A decorative porcelain sculpture of a drummer boy wearing a pink jacket.
RM:
"One of my favorite artists is J.M.W Turner. Seeing his paintings was truly a dream come true."
"The Lake of Zug"
🎨 #WilliamTurner
📅1843
🏛️@metmuseum
BTS x Street Galleries: g.co/BTSstreetgalleries
ALT An oil painting of a sunset over a lake with people stood beside it.
Jimin:
"I got into running a few years ago. And just like dancing, it's something that I fully immerse myself in as it helps me clear my mind."
"The Sprinter"
🎨 #CharlesAlbertLopez
📅1902
🏛️@metmuseum
BTS x Street Galleries: g.co/BTSstreetgalleries
ALT A bronze sculpture of a man crouched down and ready to run.
Jin:
"This Caravaggio painting reminds me of our band rehearsals so much. It captures perfectly what it feels like to be young and completely in love with music."
"The Musicians"
🎨 #Caravaggio
📅1597
🏛️@metmuseum
BTS x Street Galleries: g.co/BTSstreetgalleries
ALT An oil painting of four people wearing robes, one holding a lute.
SUGA:
"I've spent my life absorbed in music. So I love to see artistic portrayals of people expressing themselves with music just like me."
"Shepherd and Shepherdess Making Music"
📅1500–1530
🏛️@metmuseum
BTS x Street Galleries: g.co/BTSstreetgalleries
ALT A tapestry of a shepherd couple playing music, surrounded by flowers and sheep.
Have you explored the BTS x Street Galleries yet? Discover the art that inspires the band and share you own gallery as a way to say “I purple you” 💜
goo.gle/3wcWFn4
ALT Photos of BTS band members against a purple background.
j-hope:
"What a better place to start my gallery than my own name? Looking back, I think the name "j-hope" was the right choice. And I think the name made me who I am."
"Hope"
🎨 #FreemanDelamotte
📅1830–62
🏛️@metmuseum
BTS x Street Galleries: g.co/BTSstreetgalleries
ALT A decorative watercolor of the word ‘Hope’ surrounded by flowers and butterflies.
Created in collaboration with @Google
From dreamy Impressionist paintings to poetic memoirs: we asked K-pop star HUH YUNJIN from @le_sserafim to share her Culture Threads and now we’re obsessed.
piped.video/Vy9X76ReGog?si=4wL-…
Drop a ✨below if you’re feeling her creative vibe.
3️⃣ Create your own gallery: simply choose a location that's special to you, add artworks curated by the band, then share your gallery with BTS and the ARMY. #MyBTStory 💜
BTS x Street Galleries: g.co/BTSstreetgalleries
ALT A screenshot of the experiment showing a purple semicircle with names of cities from around the world.
2️⃣Within each BTS member's gallery, you can click on the artworks to read their stories about why the art inspires them: from RM's love of Moon jars to the sculptures that inspire Jung Kook. #MyBTStory 💜
BTS x Street Galleries: g.co/BTSstreetgalleries
ALT A screenshot of the experiment showing an oil painting next to a quote by a BTS band member.
1️⃣ Click on each band member's name to travel to pivotal places and spaces from BTS's career, from the United Nations in New York City to the Chunggu Building in Seoul (where BTS’ dream began!) #MyBTStory 💜
BTS x Street Galleries: g.co/BTSstreetgalleries
ALT A screenshot of the experiment showing a city scene covered in artworks and a quote by a BTS band member.
@Astro_Kobi asked a @NASASolarSystem scientist some of the biggest questions about the universe.
Here’s 3 cosmic facts you might not know…
“Great Observatories Unique Views of the Milky Way”
🎨NASA/JPL-Caltech/ESA/CXC/STScI
📅2009
🏛️@NASA#UnpackItNASA
Watch Chaeyoung from @jypetwice explore the artwork "Mountain (Topography)" by Yoo Youngkuk and explain how it makes her think about creativity: goo.gle/3aW02Yj
“Mountain (Topography)”
🎨#YooYoungkuk
📅 1959
🏛️ @mmcakorea
Discover the artwork that inspires Chaeyoung from TWICE ⛰️
Watch as she explores this peaceful painting which explores nature, color and texture ➡️ goo.gle/3JLBCyr
Want to find out if any of your furry 🐕 or scaly 🐍 friends resemble pets in world famous art? Then we just might have the thing for you #PetPortraits. g.co/petportraits
Get festive with 4 time Grammy Award winner @jacobcollier and Blob Opera. Blob Opera is a machine learning experiment by @daviddotli which turns musical ideas into beautiful harmonies - no music skills/ keyboard required - just use your mouse or trackpad. g.co/blob-opera
Tour NYC with a local - join @Lin_Manuel, songwriter, actor, producer, rapper, composer, director, producer, author and playwright on an adventure to some of his favorite places, from Washington Heights to Broadway, in the Big Apple. 🍎 piped.video/t04aXw6uhzY#Perspectives
Introducing Blob Opera 🎶 a machine learning experiment by @daviddotli which you can use to create a song with 4 opera voice types. Share your composition with friends - no music skills required - or get inspired by a festive carol performed by the Blobs. g.co/blob-opera
Do you have a horse which is as glamorous as this one, painted by Puerto Rican artist, José Campeche?
See if they are a match using #PetPortraits. g.co/PetPortraits
“Lady on Horseback”
@museoarteponce
Thanks everyone for sharing your awesome #GoogleArts#selfie matches!🤳 This mobile experiment (accessible at g.co/arts/selfie) is currently available in parts of the US. Stay tuned as we try to improve and expand!
Today’s artwork celebrates the birthday of John Singer Sargent 🎈
The American artist, considered the "leading portrait painter of his generation" for his paintings of Edwardian luxury, was born on this day in 1856.
🏛️ @metmuseum@Tate@artinstitutechi@gardnermuseum
Japanese artist, Miyashita Zenji, created this sunrise in a vase 🌄
The gradient of this vase was created by layering paper-thin sheets of colored clay over one another to create a relief effect. g.co/arts/aQWqXva55C2fr8ReA
@MFAH
Dreaming of becoming a Wizard? The Super Carlin Brothers & the @britishlibrary will help you polish your Muggle magic skills. Watch the video and obtain an O in all your Ordinary Wizarding Levels! ➡️g.co/harrypotterahistoryofma…
#ZoomIn to take a closer look at “Portrait in Green” by Abstract Expressionist Lee Krasner. Created as part of her ‘Primary Series,’ Krasner embraced a critic's description of her as a ‘good noisy colourist.’
g.co/arts/oDqHV89NGB8Ez3GK6@BarbicanCentre
Théophile Steinlen, a Swiss-born French Art Nouveau painter and printmaker, was born #OnThisDay in 1859.
“Summer: Cat on a Balustrade”
🎨 #ThéophileSteinlen
📅 1909
🏛️ @mfah
Starting today 🎉 enter the abstract artist Vassily #Kandinsky’s world of sounds, shapes, and colors and explore over 2,800 of his works of art in entirely new ways. In collaboration with @CentrePompidou: g.co/Kandinsky#SoundsLikeKandinsky
claude monet, french painter and one of the founders of impressionism, was born #onthisday in 1840.
fun fact: he famously painted over 250 canvases of his water garden 🌱
what's your favorite monet?
“Water Lilies and Japanese Bridge”
🎨#claudemonet
📅 1899
🏛️@PUArtMuseum
Today is the 155th anniversary of the holiday known as America's "Second Independence Day" #Juneteenth. Learn more about the history, legacy, and continued importance of this day with @NMAAHCg.co/arts/SsNiZtJCTYx8BYfA8
Time for Professor Snape's lesson: Potions! From the first printed representation of witches with cauldrons to the apothecary shop, the @britishlibrary helps you prepare for Severus Snape's questions... goo.gl/3nSXez#BLHarryPotter with #GoogleArts & @Pottermore
Ever wished you could see some of the most iconic masterpieces by women artists, all together in one exhibition?
This #InternationalWomensDay, we're allowing you to do just that, with our new virtual gallery “Her Own Muse” ➡️
goo.gle/PocketGalleryIWD
ALT Video visual of digital gallery filled with paintings of iconic female artists
Wrapping up this #ArtZoom season is South Korean Artist Chaeyoung 🇰🇷(from K-Pop supergroup TWICE: @JYPETWICE) who treks the topography of colors, shapes & nature of “Mountain” by Yoo Youngkuk. A painting that can be felt as much as seen. piped.video/d4uPxXA7Ook
🇰🇷 @MMCAKOREA
✨Twinkle, twinkle, little star✨ Marvel at the sky in this animated painting from Vincent van Gogh. The Dutch master was born #OnThisDay in 1853. Discover more about the Post-Impressionist artist ➡️ goo.gl/yfudRa
'Starry Night' by Vincent van Gogh, @MuseeOrsay
Didn't make it to Hogwarts? Take your notebook and wand for a week of lessons in Muggle Magic with the @britishlibrary and the Super Carlin Brothers. Hopefully Fawkes is around for this first class... goo.gl/2z8hQx#BLHarryPotter with #GoogleArts & @Pottermore
Take a break in your working day and test your art knowledge 🤓 Could you recognize these masterpieces just from a close-up detail or a zoomed-in brushstroke? ➡️ goo.gl/qP3j4U#GoogleArts
Time to #MeetVermeer through our new theme on @googlearts. Discover unrevealed facts about Johannes Vermeer’s life and work, and dive into the universe of the Dutch Master.
Are you ready? ➡️ g.co/MeetVermeer#GoogleArts
Today marks the test flight of @nasa's Ingenuity helicopter on Mars — the very first powered flight off of our home planet. 🌏 Though it's happening light years away, you can bring Ingenuity down to Earth using #AR: g.co/arts/hPzqsAkCc1FbsvQu8@NASAPersevere#MarsHelicopter
It happened. Today our #MarsHelicopter proved that powered, controlled flight from the surface of another planet is possible. It takes a little ingenuity, perseverance, and spirit to make that opportunity a reality: go.nasa.gov/3tvLoed
#DidYouKnow Ellison Onizuka was the first Asian American to fly in space? 🚀
Onizuka joined @NASA's Astronaut Class of 1978 & trained as a mission specialist, later going on to log 74 hours in space during his first mission.
g.co/arts/PMNUBZoiDqHyrCJo8#AAPIHM
Edward Hopper, an American realist artist known for his depictions of everyday urban scenes, was born #OnThisDay in 1882.
“Nighthawks”
🎨#EdwardHopper
📅1942
🏛️@artinstitutechi
What would we see if we scanned the earth for damages? ‘MRI of the Earth’ by @refikanadol interprets our planet's body by visualizing UN climate findings and invites you to reflect on Earth's natural beauty & the future we want
g.co/mrioftheearth@unfccc#heartbeatoftheearth
“The richness I achieve comes from nature, the source of my inspiration.”
- Claude Monet 🌱
“Water Lilies and Japanese Bridge”
🎨#ClaudeMonet
📅 1899
🏛️ @PUArtMuseum
ALT A green oil painting showing a Japanese bridge over a stream filled with water lilies.
Have you always wanted to visit the @vangoghmuseum in Amsterdam but it's just too far from home? Now it's possible thanks to #MuseumViews. Discover the second floor of the museum ➡️ goo.gl/6uzcbR#GoogleArts