More than 30 museums worldwide are teaming up with a free app hailed as “Shazam for art”. | Independent Research Network

"The app offers a digital entry for each work scanned, including a thumbnail image (due to copyright protection) and the “tombstone data” (title, date and medium) as well as longer captions, artists’ biographies and links to related content online. A voiceover function will assist the visually impaired. Users are encouraged to save favourites to their own virtual collections, which can also be viewed offline. The idea, inspired by Spotify, is to “build a playlist across museums”, Lowe says."