Online Art Games
A genuine drip by Jackson Pollock can cost you as much as $140 million, but thanks to jacksonpollock.org you can cyberdrip a nice composition like the one at the left, simply with your mouse and your "over-all" talent. Click to change colour and press spacebar to delete.
With Mr. Picasso Head you can easily create your self-portrait (or just an anonymous portrait) with the so-imitated Picasso's style. You can choose multiple ears, eyes, hairstyles, and even add your own signature to complete your personalized masterpiece.
Marilyn Monroe, Mao, Audrey Hepburn... Now you can add your name to the list of celebrities portrayed by pop-Art icon Andy Warhol with The Warholizer. Choose a good-looking photo of yourself, upload it and wait a few seconds to see your new pop Art masterpiece.
Dotheresearch.com has created a very nice series of memory games -in which you have to solve puzzles by pairing all cards- featuring works by some of the most popular impressionist and modern artists. Choose your favourite artists: Vincent van Gogh , Pablo Picasso , Henri Matisse o Pierre Auguste Renoir
I really love Pac-man. And I really love Mondrian. So Pac Mondrian is a "must" for me. Choose your favourite work by Mondrian (one of them the "Broadway Boogie-Woogie" chosen by theArtWolf as one of the 50 masterworks of Painting) and kill those annoying ghosts!
Are you the Sherlock Holmes of the Art world? If so, this game is for you: A. Pintura: Art Detective is an old game (it has been online for more than 10 years), but very interesting: solve a strange case involving a mysterious painting thanks to your Art knowledge.
JUST FOR KIDS! The Albright-Knox Art Gallery has developed a nice webpage devoted to Art games, intended to be "enjoyed by children playing on their own or with an adult companion". Well... i have to confess that I spent a good time playing the Juan Gris quiz...
The Metropolitan Museum of Art has developed a small, simple, but very nice game entitled What is It? where you have to guess... what is it. Simple, but, as the website says, "The fun of this game is guessing the details".
JUST FOR KIDS! Or not so kids... The National Gallery of Washington has created a rich interactive zone with tons of games. Let your kid create his/her own Rousseau jungle, play with a stunning 17th century Dutch dollhouse, or play hide-and-seek with James-Jacques Tissot.
Art is fun! Learn and enjoy with theArtWolf's selection of the best art games
The Getty Museum has created an excellent webpage devoted to many Art games, just as "switch", "detail detective", "match madness" or the classic, lovely jigsaw puzzles, including one featuring Vincent van Gogh's "Irises". The great thing is that you can choose the number of pieces of your puzzle.
You surely know the world's most famous painting, Leonardo's Gioconda. If so, you can play Mona Lisa online jigsaw by thinks.com... And yes, you can make it much more difficult than the example you can see at left... In fact, you can select a 90-pieces jigsaw.
The Walker Art Center in Liverpool displays a nice selection of nine art jigsaw puzzles featuring paintings by Hans Holbein, George Stubbs and Benjamin West, among others. Select your difficulty level (easy, average or hard) and enjoy.