

“Can you all hear me?”
“Oh sorry, you go first” “No, you can start.” “No really, you first…”
“You’re still sharing your screen.”
Let it be clear, we haven’t seen the end of online meetings.
Art in Flanders made a beautiful selection of backgrounds for you Zoom and Teams meetings, from the extensive, digital collections of Flemish museums. Your colleagues will rather see you in a Rubens painting than amidst your clutter. Let Ensor brighten up your after work drinks and let the meticulously restored images of the Mystic Lab bring colour in every meeting.
All images on this page are free to use and licensed under: CC-BY-NC-ND 4.0
Which Artwork will you choose as a background for your meeting?
Choose the background from our gallery, challenge your conversation partner and share a screenshot with the hashtag #yourmeetingneedsart on Instagram, Twitter or Facebook.
Dirk Bouts - Hugo Van der Goes
Sint-Salvatorskathedraal
Photo: Hugo Maertens
Jan Boeckhorst
Stichting Terninck Antwerpen
Photo: Hugo Maertens
Erasmus Quellinus II
Museum Plantin Moretus Antwerpen
Photo: Hugo Maertens
Hendrik Ter Brugghen
Stedelijk Museum De Hofstadt Diest
Photo: Hugo Maertens
Anoniem Zuidelijke Nederlanden
Kasteel van Gaasbeek
Photo: Dominique Provost
Choose your background from the list above, click "DOWNLOAD" and save the background to your device.
Open Zoom
On the Zoom dashboard:
click on your profile picture at the top left and select "Settings" from the menu that appears.
In an active meeting:
click the arrow next to the video icon at the bottom left of the screen and select "Choose Virtual Background".
Click on "Virtual Background" in the left menu. Using the plus on the right, you can select your chosen background from your files and add it to Zoom. Also check if "Mirror my video" is unchecked.
You are all set for your meeting with art.
Click on "Virtual Background" in the left menu. Using the plus on the right you can select your chosen background from your files and add it to Zoom. Also check if "Mirror my video" is unchecked.
You are all set for your meeting with art.
Choose your background from the list above, click "DOWNLOAD" and save the file to your device.
Make sure you’re using the latest version of Teams. You can check this by clicking on your profile picture at the top right, selecting "Check for updates" from the menu.
Start your meeting in Microsoft Teams.
In the banner at the bottom, you can click the three dots and select "Show background effects". At the top left, you can add new backgrounds via 'Add new'. The image you just added, appears at the bottom of the list. Click "Apply".