Art in your browser tabs

April 3, 2015 6:09 AM

A new Chrome extension retrieves a work of art whenever you open a new tab. The artwork can refreshed every day or in every tab.
posted by carter (17 comments total)

Note that this is built in Firefox already, but only supports certain Robert Ryman paintings.
posted by paper chromatographologist at 6:17 AM on April 3, 2015 [4 favorites]

Thanks! I was getting sick of my animated gif tab thingy.
posted by josher71 at 6:25 AM on April 3, 2015

Apparently my workplace is disabling the Chrome plugin that shows wonderful Google Earth images on new tabs - so I'm putting this in, instead.
posted by entropone at 6:35 AM on April 3, 2015

Are the pictures always safe for work?
posted by Confess, Fletch at 6:48 AM on April 3, 2015

Reminds me of the fantastic Muzei for Android.
posted by benoliver999 at 6:52 AM on April 3, 2015

Make sure you check the "disable Mapplethorpe" option if you are going to use this at work.
posted by Renoroc at 7:02 AM on April 3, 2015 [1 favorite]

stoneweaver, I'm on a Mac: Chrome > Window > Extensions > Google Art Project > Options

At the moment I prefer the daily as I often see the images 'fresh' every time I open a new tab.
posted by carter at 7:09 AM on April 3, 2015

Ooh, love this, thanks!
posted by mythical anthropomorphic amphibian at 7:11 AM on April 3, 2015

Very cool. Installed.
posted by octothorpe at 7:48 AM on April 3, 2015

Mapplethorpe shmapplethorpe.
posted by The Bellman at 7:57 AM on April 3, 2015 [1 favorite]

This is great, thanks.
posted by une_heure_pleine at 8:22 AM on April 3, 2015

This sounds great, but when I tried to install it, it warned me that it can

- Read the icons of the websites you visit
- Read a list of your most frequently visited websites

Uhhh...why?

*cancel*
posted by Salvor Hardin at 9:23 AM on April 3, 2015

Because, like chrome does already with certain options for what comes up when you open a new tab, you can set it to give you an icon in the corner that pulls up a list of your most frequently visited sites. No more nefarious than whichever browser you're already using.
posted by cmoj at 9:30 AM on April 3, 2015 [1 favorite]

This is neat, but I think it's using a pretty restricted set of what's available on Google Art Project. I've had it to "new image every time" all morning and I've already seen a few repeats.
posted by theodolite at 10:50 AM on April 3, 2015

I keep getting one that I remember chiefly from Women Listening To Men In Western Art History.
posted by Doktor Zed at 12:07 PM on April 3, 2015

NICE!
posted by Jacqueline at 12:25 PM on April 3, 2015

Very cool!!!
posted by calamari kid at 6:58 PM on April 3, 2015