Where the corpus comes from
Every artwork in the archive is in the public domain or released under a CC0 dedication, drawn from open collections published by the world's museums and galleries. We do not host or sell rights to copyrighted work. Image masters are the institutions' own public-domain reproductions; we link each work back to its holding venue and, where known, its Wikidata entity. Our primary sources are museum open-access programs and the structured records those institutions publish, cross-referenced against Wikidata for dates and attribution. What it means for the work to be public domain is explained in full on our public-domain & CC0 page.
How descriptions are compiled
Entity pages — artworks, artists, movements, periods, genres, subjects and venues — combine structured facts from the corpus (dates, media, dimensions, classifications, the holding venue) with compiled summaries. Summaries are compiled with software assistance from public-domain reference material and the structured record, then reviewed and corrected before publication. Relationships between works — visual similarity, shared subject, shared movement, and artist lineage — are computed from the corpus and rendered as the "why related" graph rails you see on each page. Facts are never fabricated: where a field is unknown, the page omits it rather than guessing.
Review & corrections
Compiled prose is reviewed by the named editor before publication, and the archive is curated continuously. If you spot an error — a misattribution, a wrong date, a mislabelled venue — email corrections@artifactworldgallery.com with the page URL and the correction. We review every report and update the record. We aim to acknowledge correction reports within two business days and to publish or reject a fix within a week.
Standards last reviewed: 20 June 2026.
Browse the archive
Each entity type named above is a browsable hub — every page compiled the same way, with the same review and correction policy: movements, periods, genres, subjects, colors, artists, and venues. The collection-data reports count the whole archive across those axes, with the methodology stated on each one.
Who edits this
The archive is compiled and edited by Alexander Knigge, Editor & Founder. Read more about how the project works on the About page.