The Web Gallery of Art was opened in October 1996. Since then many changes occurred which are summarized on the What's New page of the standard version designed for large screen with resolution of 1024 x 768 or higher. The latest changes are shown below.
 Changes in August, 2022:
- We proceeded with the project to re-design and upgrade the guided tours introduced many years ago. Our objective is to arrange a set of pages about a particular subject which are informative and useful for educational purposes and, at the same time, enjoyable for a visitor to the virtual museum. The pages of a set are partly taken from the standard WGA collection and partly created for the tour.
Possible tour subjects are, for example, the art of a great master, the description of fresco cycles preserved in their original location, a national school, a stylistic period, etc. In the last two months, we have re-designed and upgraded the following tours:
| Tour #8 | Art in Siena in the 13th-16th centuries |
| Tour #9 | Art in Spain in the 13th-17th centuries |
| Tour #10 | Painting of the International Gothic |
| Tour #12 | French art in the 15th-18th centuries |
| Tour #13 | British art in the 15th-18th centuries |
| Tour #14 | Art in the Germanic countries between 1450 and 1550 |
| Tour #15 | Mini-Tours in European Painting |
The guided tours are available only in the standard version because they necessitate the use of a larger screen.
Changes in June, 2022:
- We started a project to re-design and upgrade the guided tours introduced many years ago. Our objective is to arrange a set of pages about a particular subject which are informative and useful for educational purposes and, at the same time, enjoyable for a visitor to the virtual museum. The pages of a set are partly taken from the standard WGA collection and partly created for the tour.
Possible tour subjects are, for example, the art of a great master, the description of fresco cycles preserved in their original location, a national school, a stylistic period, etc. Up to now, we have completed the following tours (upgrading of other tours and creating new ones are in progress):
| Tour #5 | The Sistine Chapel in the Vatican |
| Tour #3 | The Art of Giotto |
| Tour #4 | Fresco cycle in Arezzo by Piero della Francesca |
| Tour #6 | Fresco cycle in the Brancacci Chapel in Florence |
| Tour #6a | Narrative fresco cycles by Benozzo Gozzoli |
| Tour #7 | Painting in the Low Countries (15th-18th centuries) |
| Tour #11 | Early Flemish Altarpieces (15th century) |
| Tour #11a | Venetian Altarpieces (15th-16th centuries) |
The guided tours are available only in the standard version because they necessitate the use of a larger screen.
Major changes in January, 2022:
- Over 1400 new reproductions are added to the collection, the total number of images being increased to over 52.800. The newly added images contain the works of 123 new artists.
- The majority of the new images show works of fine arts, decorative arts and architecture, which were made at the end of the 19th century, extended to the beginning of World War I. This period witnessed the birth of modern art, starting with works created in the Art Nouveau style, an ornamental style of art that flourished between c. 1890 and 1910 throughout Europe and the United States. Art Nouveau is characterized by its use of a long, sinuous, organic line and was employed most often in architecture, interior design, jewellery and glass design, posters, and illustrations.
- The updated catalogue of the entire image collection can be downloaded in various formats. Furthermore, the catalogue of the newly added, improved or relocated images can also be downloaded. In addition to the image catalogue, we provide also the catalogue containing 5488 artist biographies.
- The all versions of presentation (standard, mobile and wide screen) of the Gallery was upgraded simultaneously.
- The security of the website was strengthened.
Major changes in June, 2021:
- Over 900 new reproductions are added to the collection, the total number of images being increased to over 51.400. The newly added images contain the works of 15 new artists.
- In this upgrade, we focused on 14th-century Italian sculpture; most of the new images are related to this subject. However, related 13th- and 14th-century paintings are also included.
- Due to the addition of new images and the replacement of images with improved quality and/or commentary, the following sections of the collection underwent significant changes and re-arrangements.
- The special presentations, designed for wide screen and introduced earlier, of the Entire Collection as well as the Sculpture Section, the Architecture Section, and the Illumination Section were improved. These presentations can be reached from the standard version.
- The updated catalogue of the entire image collection can be downloaded in various formats. Furthermore, the catalogue of the newly added, improved or relocated images can also be downloaded. In addition to the image catalogue, we provide also the catalogue containing 5471 artist biographies.
- The mobile version of the Gallery was upgraded simultaneously with the standard version.
Change in March, 2021:
- The presentation of the entire WGA collection, designed for wide screens and introduced earlier, was significantly upgraded. On large screen surfaces, this presentation offers all features of the standard version with significantly more effective use of the collection. Together with all previous presentations of particular sections, it can be reached in the standard version through the "WIDE SCREEN MODES" button in the upper menu row.
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