🎨 Artsy Scraper - Artworks, Artists & Shows

🚀 Scrape artworks, artists, and gallery shows from Artsy. Get titles, prices, dimensions, provenance, images, and availability. Search by keyword and filter by for-sale status or show type.

🕒 Last updated: 2026-04-16

Pull structured records from Artsy — clean fields ready as CSV, JSON, JSONL, Excel, or XML for downstream pipelines.

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parseforge/artsy-scraper on Apify. Call: ApifyClient("TOKEN").actor("parseforge/artsy-scraper").call(run_input={...}), then client.dataset(run["defaultDatasetId"]).list_items().items for results. Key inputs: mode (string, default "artworks"), keyword (string, default "painting"), maxItems (integer, default 10), forSale (boolean, default false), showsStatus (string, default ""). Full actor spec: fetch build via GET https://api.apify.com/v2/acts/parseforge~artsy-scraper (Bearer TOKEN). Get token: https://console.apify.com/account/integrations

Collect art market data from Artsy without coding. Scrape artworks with prices, dimensions, medium, provenance, and high-resolution images. Extract artist profiles with biographies and artwork counts. Collect gallery show details with dates, locations, and partner information. Search by keyword and filter by availability or show status.

Whether you are a collector tracking artwork prices, a gallery building a digital catalog, a researcher studying art market trends, or an appraiser comparing similar pieces, this tool delivers structured data from one of the world's largest online art marketplaces.

Target	Artsy - online art marketplace and gallery platform
Use Cases	Art market research, price tracking, collection management, gallery monitoring, art investment analysis

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📋 What it does

• 🖼️ Extracts artwork titles, artist names, dates, medium, category, and dimensions (inches and centimeters) for every piece
• 💰 Collects list prices, price ranges, sale messages, and auction status to track market values
• 📸 Returns primary images and full image galleries with width, height, and aspect ratio metadata
• 👤 Scrapes artist profiles with nationality, biography, birth/death dates, gender, and artwork counts
• 🏛️ Collects gallery show information including exhibition names, dates, locations, partner names, and artwork counts
• ✅ Includes availability status, for-sale flags, condition descriptions, and certificates of authenticity

The scraper operates in three modes: artworks, artists, and shows. Each mode returns a specialized set of fields. Artwork records include 25+ fields with pricing, dimensions, and provenance details.

💡 Why it matters: The art market is notoriously opaque. Prices, availability, and provenance information are scattered across gallery websites and marketplaces. This scraper centralizes that data into structured records you can analyze in spreadsheets or databases.

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🎬 Full Demo

🚧 Coming soon

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⚙️ Input

Field	Type	Description
Mode	Select	What to scrape: Artworks, Artists, or Gallery Shows
Keyword / Search Query	Text	Keyword to search for (used in artworks and artists modes)
Max Items	Number	Free users: Limited to 10 items. Paid users: up to 1,000,000
For Sale Only	Checkbox	Only return artworks currently for sale (artworks mode only)
Shows Status	Select	Filter shows by Upcoming, Running, or Closed (shows mode only)

Example 1: For-sale artworks by keyword

{
  "mode": "artworks",
  "keyword": "picasso",
  "forSale": true,
  "maxItems": 100
}

Example 2: Gallery shows currently running

{
  "mode": "shows",
  "showsStatus": "running",
  "maxItems": 50
}

⚠️ Good to Know: Free users are limited to 10 results per run. The "For Sale Only" filter applies only to artworks mode. Shows can be filtered by upcoming, running, or closed status.

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📊 Output

🧾 Schema

Artworks mode:

Emoji	Field	Type	Description
🖼️	imageUrl	String	Primary artwork image URL
📝	title	String	Artwork title
👤	artistNames	String	Artist name(s)
🔗	url	String	Direct link to artwork on Artsy
📅	date	String	Year or date created
🎨	medium	String	Medium (oil, linocut, print, etc.)
🏷️	category	String	Artwork category
📐	dimensionsIn	String	Dimensions in inches
📐	dimensionsCm	String	Dimensions in centimeters
💰	priceDisplay	String	Formatted display price
💵	priceAmount	Number	Price amount as number
💱	priceCurrencyCode	String	Price currency code
📊	saleMessage	String	Sale status message
✅	availability	String	Current availability status
🛒	isForSale	Boolean	Whether artwork is for sale
🔨	isInAuction	Boolean	Whether artwork is in auction
🏛️	partnerName	String	Gallery or partner name
📋	conditionDescription	String	Condition details
📜	certificateOfAuthenticity	String	Certificate details
📸	images	Array	Full image gallery with dimensions
📅	scrapedAt	String	Timestamp when data was collected
⚠️	error	String	Error message if extraction failed

Artists mode:

Emoji	Field	Type	Description
🖼️	imageUrl	String	Artist profile image
👤	name	String	Artist name
🌍	nationality	String	Artist nationality
📅	birthday	String	Birth year or date
📅	deathday	String	Death year or date
📝	biography	String	Artist biography text
🎨	artworksCount	Number	Total artworks on platform
🛒	forSaleArtworksCount	Number	Artworks currently for sale
🔗	url	String	Artist profile URL

Shows mode:

Emoji	Field	Type	Description
📝	name	String	Exhibition name
📅	startAt	String	Show start date
📅	endAt	String	Show end date
📊	status	String	Show status
🎨	artworksCount	Number	Number of artworks in show
📍	locationCity	String	Show location city
🌐	locationCountry	String	Show location country
🏛️	partnerName	String	Gallery or partner name
🔗	url	String	Show page URL

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✨ Why choose Artsy Scraper

Feature	Details
🖼️ Three scraping modes	Artworks, artists, and gallery shows in a single tool
💰 Pricing data	List prices, price ranges, sale messages, and auction indicators
📐 Full dimensions	Measurements in both inches and centimeters with aspect ratios
👤 Artist profiles	Biography, nationality, birth/death dates, and artwork counts
🏛️ Gallery shows	Exhibition names, dates, locations, and partner information
⚡ Fast API extraction	No browser needed - direct API calls for quick results
📦 Multiple exports	Download as JSON, CSV, or Excel

📊 25+ data fields per artwork including pricing, dimensions, and provenance

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✨ Why choose this Actor

	Capability
🎯	Built for the job. Scoped specifically to this data source so you skip the parser engineering entirely.
🔖	Structured output. Clean, typed fields ready for analysis, dashboards, or downstream pipelines.
⚡	Fast. Optimized request patterns return results in seconds, not minutes.
🔁	Always fresh. Every run pulls live data, so the dataset reflects the source as of run time.
🌐	No infra to manage. Apify handles proxies, retries, scaling, scheduling, and storage.
🛡️	Reliable. Battle-tested across many runs and edge cases, with graceful error handling.
🚫	No code required. Configure in the UI, run from CLI, schedule via cron, or call from any language with the Apify SDK.

📊 Production-grade structured data without the engineering overhead of building and maintaining your own scraper.

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📈 How it compares

Feature	Artsy Scraper	Other Tools
Artworks + artists + shows	Yes	Usually one type
Pricing with currency	Yes	Rarely
Dimensions in inches and cm	Yes	No
Condition and authenticity	Yes	No
Artist biography and counts	Yes	Limited
Gallery show dates and locations	Yes	No
For-sale and auction filters	Yes	No
Export formats	JSON, CSV, Excel	Varies

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🚀 How to use

1. Sign up - Create a free account with $5 credit
2. Find the tool - Search for "Artsy Scraper" in the Apify Store
3. Configure - Choose mode (artworks, artists, or shows), set keyword and filters
4. Run it - Click "Start" and wait for results
5. Export data - Download as JSON, CSV, or Excel, or connect to Google Sheets

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💼 Business use cases

🎨 Art Collectors Track artwork prices and availability across galleries to find pieces before they sell and compare market values	🏛️ Galleries Monitor competitor listings, pricing strategies, and exhibition schedules to plan your own programming
📊 Market Researchers Analyze art market trends by medium, artist, price range, and geography for investment reports	💼 Appraisers Compare similar artworks by the same artist, medium, and date for accurate valuation estimates

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🌟 Beyond business use cases

Data like this powers more than commercial workflows. The same structured records support research, education, civic projects, and personal initiatives.

🎓 Research and academia Empirical datasets for papers, thesis work, and coursework Longitudinal studies tracking changes across snapshots Reproducible research with cited, versioned data pulls Classroom exercises on data analysis and ethical scraping	🎨 Personal and creative Side projects, portfolio demos, and indie app launches Data visualizations, dashboards, and infographics Content research for bloggers, YouTubers, and podcasters Hobbyist collections and personal trackers
🤝 Non-profit and civic Transparency reporting and accountability projects Advocacy campaigns backed by public-interest data Community-run databases for local issues Investigative journalism on public records	🧪 Experimentation Prototype AI and machine-learning pipelines with real data Validate product-market hypotheses before engineering spend Train small domain-specific models on niche corpora Test dashboard concepts with live input

🤖 Ask an AI assistant about this scraper

Open a ready-to-send prompt about this ParseForge actor in the AI of your choice:

• 💬 ChatGPT
• 🧠 Claude
• 🔍 Perplexity
• 🅒 Copilot

❓ Frequently Asked Questions

🔌 Automating with code

Node.js example:

import { ApifyClient } from 'apify-client';
const client = new ApifyClient({ token: 'YOUR_API_TOKEN' });
const run = await client.actor("parseforge/artsy-scraper").call({
  mode: "artworks",
  keyword: "picasso",
  forSale: true,
  maxItems: 100
});
const { items } = await client.dataset(run.defaultDatasetId).listItems();
console.log(items);

Python example:

from apify_client import ApifyClient
client = ApifyClient("YOUR_API_TOKEN")
run = client.actor("parseforge/artsy-scraper").call(run_input={
    "mode": "artworks",
    "keyword": "picasso",
    "forSale": True,
    "maxItems": 100
})
items = list(client.dataset(run["defaultDatasetId"]).iterate_items())
print(items)

See the Apify API docs for more integration options.

🔌 Integrate with your tools

• Make - Automate art data workflows
• Zapier - Get alerts on new listings
• GitHub - Version control integration
• Slack - Get notifications when runs complete
• Airbyte - Data pipeline integration
• Google Drive - Export directly to spreadsheets

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🔌 Integrate with any app

Artsy Scraper - Artworks, Artists & Shows connects to any cloud service via Apify integrations:

• Make - Automate multi-step workflows
• Zapier - Connect with 5,000+ apps
• Slack - Get run notifications in your channels
• Airbyte - Pipe results into your warehouse
• GitHub - Trigger runs from commits and releases
• Google Drive - Export datasets straight to Sheets

You can also use webhooks to trigger downstream actions when a run finishes. Push fresh data into your product backend, or alert your team in Slack.

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🆘 Need Help?

• Check the FAQ section above for common questions
• Visit the Apify documentation for platform guides
• Contact us to request a new scraper, propose a custom project, or report an issue at Tally contact form

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Disclaimer: This Actor is an independent tool and is not affiliated with, endorsed by, or connected to Artsy. It accesses only publicly available data.