Art Authority4.11.5 - App Store

Based on our award-winning “Best iPad Reference App.” A comprehensive collection of works by over 1,500 of the western world's major artists, from ancient times to today. Organized by period, location and artist, Art Authority's 100,000+ paintings and sculptures are downloaded as needed and displayed chronologically, with detailed captioning. In-depth information about the artists, locations and many individual works is also available.

From the earliest creative pieces to the latest modern and contemporary works, Art Authority provides an impressively displayed, carefully selected, well organized view of the western art world that is both broad and deep.

Does something really catch your eye? Purchase a museum-approved reproduction and take it home with you!

Features include:

- Access to 20GB worth of art optimized for quality and download speed through our servers (works still under copyright come from authorized sites)
- Early, Renaissance, Baroque, Romantic, Impressionist, Modern and Contemporary periods
- Special section on American art
- Art movements and/or nationalities within each period
- Highlights for each period, and overall
- Index to all 1500+ artists, plus indices within each period
- Art Real Size: instantly see and understand the actual size of works
- Art Near Me: search for art based on your location
- Shuffle: random display of all art, or by period
- Captions with work title, date, location and other details
- Access to in-depth information on each artist and location, and on many specific works
- Full-screen slideshow display, with user-settable transitions and music
- Multi-touch controls including double-tap and pinch zoom, flick and rotate
- Gallery-like, scrolling thumbnail view shows how works have evolved over time, aids in comparisons and exploration
- Save works to Favorites, Categories or the Photos app
- Keep track of works you’ve seen in real life
- Share works through AirDrop, mail and social networks
- Spotlight searches and universal links
- Purchase prints directly from 1000Museums.com

Also available for iPad and Macintosh.

Version History Full support for iOS 12 and new iPhones. 4.11.5 10/03/2018 Initial support for iOS 12. 4.11.4 09/23/2018 Minor bug fixes. 4.11.3 05/18/2018 Full support for iPhone X and iOS 11. 4.11.2 03/30/2018 Updates to museum-approved reproductions available through the 1000Museums Gift Shop 4.11.1 11/30/2017 Purchase museum-approved archival prints directly through the 1000Museums.com Gift Shop.
New artists and works of art.
Support for iOS 11 and iPhone X. 4.11 11/10/2017 - Spotlight searches (from home screen) find and go to artists, locations and periods in the app (on supported iOS 9 devices)
- Universal links from our Web site (community.artauthority.net) launch the app automatically (iOS 9)
- Includes hundreds of new artists as determined by our recent "most important artists" ranking study
- Automatically adds new artists, locations and works of art as they're added to the Art Authority database
- Thousands of new works of art 4.10 09/30/2015 Improvements to Art Real Size
Higher resolution thumbnails
Bug fixes 4.0.1 12/18/2014 Major new release, based on Art Authority for iPad
Many new features, including Art Real Size, Art Near Me, and articles on individual works
Detailed museum information
Advanced sharing
Significant speed-up 4.0 11/26/2014 20+ new artists including Anders Zorn, David Cox, Jules Cheret and Umberto Boccioni
Art from many new locations
Access to thousands of new works 3.6.2 10/21/2013 Many additional works
Updated shows
Can now be run from Art Alert 3.6.1 12/11/2012 - Full support for iPhone 5 and iOS 6
- Thousands of new works
- New shows, including "All major works" 3.6 09/28/2012 Fixes to various Modern and Contemporary shows
Higher resolution and more works
Full iOS 5 support 3.5.1 12/23/2011 Higher resolution and more works
Fixes to a few shows
Full iOS 5 support 3.5 11/29/2011 Higher resolution for most works
Thousands of new works
New artists: Prendergast, Sully, Sorolla y Bastida, Gude
Minor fixes 3.4 09/15/2011 Show updates 3.3.3 12/15/2010 - New artists: Alice Neel, Hans von Aachen, Henry Tanner, Philip Guston, Franz Johnston
- Fixed problem with a few modern artists
- Fixed problem with a few timelines 3.3.2 09/25/2010 - Higher resolution images and graphics for iPhone 4
- New and updated artists, including Henry Tanner, Philip Guston, Franz Johnston
- Fixed problem with a few modern artists 3.3.1 08/09/2010 Continuously shuffle through all works, or by period
New and enhanced shows from the iPad version
Multi-tasking and other iOS 4 support
Higher resolution graphics for iPhone 4
Faster backup in iTunes 3.3 06/17/2010 Updated shows
Reference to iPad version 3.2.1 04/20/2010 3.2 02/16/2010