Artsy is the world's largest online art marketplace, connecting collectors with artists and galleries worldwide. The platform features over 1 million artworks from 100,000+ artists and provides access to galleries, art fairs, and auction houses globally. Artsy offers a Public API providing access to images of historic artwork and related information for educational and non-commercial purposes, with access limited to public domain works. The API provides resources for artists, artworks, galleries, shows, sales, and gene (classification) data. Note that the public API may be retired; partner integrations are handled through a separate partner API program.
Artsy publishes 1 API on the APIs.io network: Public API. Tagged areas include Art, Marketplace, Artists, Collectors, and Galleries.
Artsy’s developer surface includes developer portal, documentation, engineering blog, signup flow, API reference, getting-started guide, support, and 28 more developer resources.
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The Artsy Public API provides access to images of historic artwork and related information on artsy.net for educational and non-commercial purposes. Resources include artists, a...
Metaphysics is Artsy's public GraphQL gateway — the contract that actually powers artsy.net and the Artsy iOS and Android apps. It wraps Artsy's internal services (Gravity, Exch...
Comprehensive database of artist biographies, artwork metadata, images, dimensions, medium, and provenance for over 1 million artworks.
Gallery and Show Data
Access to gallery profiles, exhibition shows, art fairs, and partner information from Artsy's global gallery network.
Art Classification Genes
Artsy's proprietary gene taxonomy for classifying artworks by style, period, subject matter, and medium, enabling sophisticated art discovery and recommendation.
Auction and Sales Data
Sale, bidder, and bid information for auction and buy-now listings on the Artsy platform.
Full-Text Search
Search across artists, artworks, galleries, and other art world entities with faceted filtering and relevance ranking.
Educational platforms use the Artsy API to access public domain artwork images and artist information for art history curriculum and museum education tools.
Gallery Integration
Partner galleries integrate with the Artsy Partner API to manage artwork listings, track collector inquiries, and access sales analytics.
Art Discovery Tools
Developers build art recommendation and discovery applications using Artsy's gene taxonomy and artist relationship data.
Research and Analysis
Art market researchers access Artsy data to analyze trends, auction results, and artist career trajectories.
Pre-built integrations with other platforms and tools.
Artsy Partner Program
Gallery and auction house partners integrate directly with Artsy through the Partner API for full marketplace integration including artwork listings and collector communications.
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name: Artsy
description: Artsy is the world's largest online art marketplace, connecting collectors with artists and galleries worldwide.
The platform features over 1 million artworks from 100,000+ artists and provides access to galleries, art fairs, and auction
houses globally. Artsy offers a Public API providing access to images of historic artwork and related information for educational
and non-commercial purposes, with access limited to public domain works. The API provides resources for artists, artworks,
galleries, shows, sales, and gene (classification) data. Note that the public API may be retired; partner integrations are
handled through a separate partner API program.
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- Art
- Marketplace
- Artists
- Collectors
- Galleries
- Auctions
- Museums
- Art Market
- Culture
- Images
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description: The Artsy Public API provides access to images of historic artwork and related information on artsy.net for
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- Galleries
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- type: GettingStarted
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- type: Authentication
url: https://developers.artsy.net/v2/docs/authentication
- type: OpenAPI
url: openapi/artsy-public-api-openapi.yml
- type: APIReference
url: https://developers.artsy.net/v2
title: Artsy Public API Reference (v2)
- type: TermsOfService
url: https://developers.artsy.net/v2/terms
title: Artsy Public API Terms of Use
- type: Console
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- aid: artsy:metaphysics
name: Artsy Metaphysics GraphQL API
description: Metaphysics is Artsy's public GraphQL gateway — the contract that actually powers artsy.net and the Artsy iOS
and Android apps. It wraps Artsy's internal services (Gravity, Exchange, Convection) behind a single Relay-compatible
schema of 1,478 object types, 165 Query root fields and 306 mutations, covering commerce and offers, editorial, viewing
rooms, price and auction insights, consignment submissions, conversations and personalized discovery — none of which the
retiring REST Public API exposes. Runtime introspection is disabled; Artsy publishes the schema instead as _schemaV2.graphql
in the open-source metaphysics repository. Most fields require a user access token obtained through the same OAuth 2 endpoints
as the REST API.
humanURL: https://github.com/artsy/metaphysics
baseURL: https://metaphysics-production.artsy.net/v2
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- type: SourceCode
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- type: Documentation
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- type: ToolCrosswalk
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- type: AgenticAccess
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- type: Website
url: https://www.artsy.net/
- type: DomainSecurity
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- type: LinkedIn
url: https://www.linkedin.com/company/artsyinc
- type: Portal
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- type: Documentation
url: https://developers.artsy.net/
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- type: Blog
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- type: GitHubOrganization
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- type: Signup
url: https://www.artsy.net/signup
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- type: Login
url: https://www.artsy.net/login
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- type: Features
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- name: Artist and Artwork Data
description: Comprehensive database of artist biographies, artwork metadata, images, dimensions, medium, and provenance
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- name: Gallery and Show Data
description: Access to gallery profiles, exhibition shows, art fairs, and partner information from Artsy's global gallery
network.
- name: Art Classification Genes
description: Artsy's proprietary gene taxonomy for classifying artworks by style, period, subject matter, and medium,
enabling sophisticated art discovery and recommendation.
- name: Auction and Sales Data
description: Sale, bidder, and bid information for auction and buy-now listings on the Artsy platform.
- name: Full-Text Search
description: Search across artists, artworks, galleries, and other art world entities with faceted filtering and relevance
ranking.
- type: UseCases
data:
- name: Art Education Applications
description: Educational platforms use the Artsy API to access public domain artwork images and artist information for
art history curriculum and museum education tools.
- name: Gallery Integration
description: Partner galleries integrate with the Artsy Partner API to manage artwork listings, track collector inquiries,
and access sales analytics.
- name: Art Discovery Tools
description: Developers build art recommendation and discovery applications using Artsy's gene taxonomy and artist relationship
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- name: Research and Analysis
description: Art market researchers access Artsy data to analyze trends, auction results, and artist career trajectories.
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- name: Artsy Partner Program
description: Gallery and auction house partners integrate directly with Artsy through the Partner API for full marketplace
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url: https://support.artsy.net/
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- type: TermsOfService
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- type: DataModel
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- type: Packages
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- type: SDKs
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- type: Sandbox
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- type: RateLimits
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- type: Plans
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- type: Overlay
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- type: LLMsTxt
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- type: AgentSkill
url: skills/_index.yml
- type: X-MCPServerCandidate
url: mcp/artsy-mcp.yml
- type: VulnerabilityDisclosure
url: security/artsy-vulnerability-disclosure.yml
maintainers:
- FN: Kin Lane
email: kin@apievangelist.com
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