Image: Carmen Thyssen Museum, Málaga
The Carmen Thyssen Museum in Málaga has expanded its digital footprint on Google Arts & Culture with 33 works from its Permanent Collection now available in gigapixel format. The museum said the new high-resolution images were created with Google’s Art Camera and allow viewers to examine each painting in exceptional detail from any device. Several of the works are also accompanied by editorial reports that explain facts and curiosities about the paintings and their creators.
The museum presented the project as part of its ongoing commitment to digital dissemination of the Permanent Collection. Google Arts & Culture, which can be accessed through both web and mobile app, brings together artworks, historic sites and museum collections from cultural institutions around the world. For the Málaga museum, the new material adds another layer to a partnership that has been in place for more than a decade.
According to the museum, the 33 newly digitized works were made during 2025 and are intended to bring details to the public that are almost imperceptible in a physical visit. The initiative is also framed as a way to broaden access to the collection beyond the museum building, offering a more immersive form of viewing from elsewhere in the world. The museum said the project is designed to support a fuller and more accessible experience of contemplation.
The new selection joins 'La buenaventura' by Julio Romero de Torres, which was the first work from the museum to be digitized in this format when the institution joined the platform in 2014. That earlier step marked the beginning of the museum’s collaboration with what was then called Google Art Project. The latest expansion therefore builds on a relationship that has already produced virtual access to the collection for years.
Alongside the gigapixel images, the museum has launched a new series of 20 explanatory reports focused on some of the collection’s representative works. The first report is already available and is devoted to 'Baile gitano' by Hermen Anglada-Camarasa, dated circa 1914 to 1921. The museum said future reports will cover paintings by artists including Zurbarán, Sorolla, Fortuny, Madrazo, Casas and Regoyos, among others.
Google Arts & Culture’s partner page for the museum describes the Permanent Collection as an outstanding survey of the principal genres within 19th-century Spanish painting, with particular emphasis on Andalusian painting. The page also points to online exhibits and virtual visits already available through the platform, including stories on works such as 'Winter in Andalusia (Poplars and Sheep at Alcalá de Guadaíra)' and 'Gypsy Dance'. The museum said its Street View virtual tour has also been updated recently.
The announcement was published on 9 July 2026 and circulated by the museum through its newsletter on 15 July 2026. The museum said the updated Google Arts & Culture presence is now available online, with the 33 works presented alongside the existing gigapixel version of 'La buenaventura' and the first of the summer’s new reports already live.
