# Artsy

**Canonical:** https://apis.io/providers/art/  
**Website:** https://www.artsy.net  
**APIs profiled:** 25

Artsy (art.sy) is the online marketplace and platform for discovering, buying, and selling fine art, connecting collectors with galleries, museums, art fairs, and auction houses worldwide. Artsy operates a public developer program: the Artsy Public API (v2) is a HAL hypermedia REST API exposing Artsy's database of artists, artworks, genes (the Art Genome Project's classification of artistic characteristics), gallery and museum shows, partners, art fairs, and auction sales. Authentication uses an application-level X-Xapp-Token minted by exchanging a client_id and client_secret. Artsy also runs the Metaphysics GraphQL API that powers its own web and mobile apps. Artsy has announced that the public REST API is being retired and may be taken down without notice; the Partner API remains available to approved partners. Surfaced as a slow-ventures portfolio company and enriched by the API Evangelist pipeline from Artsy's live API and docs.

## Kin Score — 43.1 / 100 (developing)

Scored 2026-08-17 under rubric 0.11.0. Trend: flat (+0.0 from 43.1).

| Facet | Score |
|---|---|
| Discoverability | 81.5 |
| Contract Quality | 58.7 |
| Governance | 11.5 |
| Operational Transparency | 50.0 |
| Developer Ergonomics | 40.8 |
| Commercial Clarity | 21.1 |

## Agent readiness — 41.2 (agent-ready)

| Dimension | Value |
|---|---|
| Spec Presence | yes |
| Agentic Access | derived |
| MCP Server | derived |
| Auth Clarity | yes |
| Idempotency | no |
| Error Semantics | documented |
| OpenAPI Examples | partial |
| Rate Limit Signal | documented |
| Event Surface Described | no |
| Agent Skills | derived |
| Well Known Catalog | no |
| Consent Identity | no |
| Agent Card | no |
| Dry Run Mode | no |

## Access

Self-serve signup — onboarding: self-serve, pricing: unknown, trial: no (confidence: medium).

## APIs (25)

- **Artsy Applications API** — The Applications API from Artsy — 2 operation(s) for applications.
- **Artsy Artists API** — The Artists API from Artsy — 2 operation(s) for artists.
- **Artsy Artworks API** — The Artworks API from Artsy — 2 operation(s) for artworks.
- **Artsy Authentication API** — The Authentication API from Artsy — 1 operation(s) for authentication.
- **Artsy Bidder Positions API** — The Bidder Positions API from Artsy — 2 operation(s) for bidder positions.
- **Artsy Bidders API** — The Bidders API from Artsy — 2 operation(s) for bidders.
- **Artsy Collection Items API** — The Collection Items API from Artsy — 2 operation(s) for collection items.
- **Artsy Collections API** — The Collections API from Artsy — 2 operation(s) for collections.
- **Artsy Collector Profiles API** — The Collector Profiles API from Artsy — 2 operation(s) for collector profiles.
- **Artsy Devices API** — The Devices API from Artsy — 2 operation(s) for devices.
- **Artsy Editions API** — The Editions API from Artsy — 1 operation(s) for editions.
- **Artsy Fairs API** — The Fairs API from Artsy — 2 operation(s) for fairs.
- **Artsy Genes API** — The Genes API from Artsy — 2 operation(s) for genes.
- **Artsy Images API** — The Images API from Artsy — 1 operation(s) for images.
- **Artsy Partner Communications API** — The Partner Communications API from Artsy — 2 operation(s) for partner communications.
- **Artsy Partner Contacts API** — The Partner Contacts API from Artsy — 2 operation(s) for partner contacts.
- **Artsy Partners API** — The Partners API from Artsy — 2 operation(s) for partners.
- **Artsy Profiles API** — The Profiles API from Artsy — 2 operation(s) for profiles.
- **Artsy Sale Artworks API** — The Sale Artworks API from Artsy — 2 operation(s) for sale artworks.
- **Artsy Sales API** — The Sales API from Artsy — 2 operation(s) for sales.
- **Artsy Search API** — The Search API from Artsy — 1 operation(s) for search.
- **Artsy Shows API** — The Shows API from Artsy — 2 operation(s) for shows.
- **Artsy Status API** — The Status API from Artsy — 1 operation(s) for status.
- **Artsy User Fair Actions API** — The User Fair Actions API from Artsy — 2 operation(s) for user fair actions.
- **Artsy Users API** — The Users API from Artsy — 3 operation(s) for users.

## MCP servers (1)

- **art-mcp.yml**

## Agentic access (1)

- **Art Agentic Access** — 46 operations · 1 acting

## Security (2)

- **Art Authentication** — apiKey · 1 scheme
- **Art Domain Security** — TLSv1.3 · HSTS · DNSSEC · DMARC

## Tags

Art, Marketplace, Culture, Museums, Galleries, Auctions, Media, Hypermedia, Company

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Profiled by [API Evangelist](https://apievangelist.com) and published on [APIs.io](https://apis.io/providers/art/). Scores are computed from the provider's own public artifacts under a published rubric.