culture culturevideo artvideo 8296341 ----- # Visit world's art galleries with Google ## Google developer Amit Sood and head of the Tate Sir Nicholas Serota introduce the internet giant's new art project. 560 315 TelegraphPlayer-8296341 3:35PM GMT 01 Feb 2011 [Comments][1] Harnessing the power of streetview, cameras able to shoot billions of pixels, and video explainers, google has begun archiving art of the walls of 17 of the world's most iconic galleries. Names such as the Uffizi, the Metropolitan Museum of Art, and the Tate have all allowed google teams to document their galleries for the last two years, to create a cultural hub billions around the world can plug into. And the project is only just beginning. 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