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Pocket Art Gallery App is published by The Great British Art Debate

A new augmented reality app, commissioned by Tate as part of The Great British Art Debate project, has been launched, available for free across the UK and Europe. The Pocket Art Gallery app allows users to virtually curate their own gallery, positioning famous artworks from a number of key collections across the country in personalised surroundings. Users can also take photographs of their art collection and share them with friends on facebook, twitter or the Pocket Art Gallery map.


Pocket Art Gallery App

This inventive app is native to iOS. As well as looking through an iPhone camera to see the artworks in the real world, the user can access information about the artist, the history of the piece and the subject depicted.

Marie Bak Mortensen, Managing Curator of the Great British Art Debate project said: “This innovative app uses augmented reality to bring great artworks from the UK’s national collections into peoples lives, allowing them to share and showcase their favourite works wherever they want. It’s a wonderful way to conclude the Great British Art Debate project and to extend its legacy.’

The Pocket Art Gallery app is available free from the Apple App store at: https://itunes.apple.com/gb/app/pocket-gallery/id561471586?mt=8

The Great British Art Debate is a partnership between Tate Britain, Tyne & Wear Archives & Museums, Norfolk Museums & Archaeology Service and Museums Sheffield, supported by the National Lottery through the Heritage Lottery Fund, and by the MLA’s Renaissance programme. This four-year project, which concludes this year, was designed to stimulate debate about the impact of British art on the public’s perception of Britishness. As part of the activity, the institutions involved digitised some of their collections for the first time. This content has been harnessed by design agency AllofUs to create this augmented reality application.

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