LACMA offers 100 works from collection on Google Art Project

Closeup of Thomas Eakins "The Wrestlers" from Google Art Project

LACMA is one of the participating institutions in the Google Art Project, where you can fritter away hours zooming into hi-res images of 100 of their objects for super clarity, just like a conservator puttering around in storage. Don’t expect anything contemporary, though — the most recent artwork they’ve included is Thomas Eakins’ 1899 The Wrestlers.

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