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Point your camera at any artwork. Know it in seconds.

Opus recognizes paintings, sculpture and objects from a single photo, then tells you who made them, where to see more, and what other visitors thought.

Your phone

Free during testing. We only email you about your invite. Privacy

Opus camera framing The Starry Night on a museum wall
Photo search results: The Starry Night by Vincent van Gogh, 91% match
13 million+works catalogued
2 millionrecognizable by camera
590,000+artists
15,000+museums & collections

Recognize

Snap the painting, the bust, the vase. Odd angle, busy gallery, it doesn’t matter: Opus finds the work.

Remember

Rate what you saw, write a line about it, and keep a record of every museum visit and every work that stopped you.

Explore

See which museums are near you, what’s on now, which masterpieces hang inside, and where your friends have been.

How it works

Three seconds from “what is that?” to the whole story.

  1. Framing a painting with the Opus camera
    1

    Point

    Frame the work, at any angle. Gilt frames, glare and people walking past are fine.

  2. Opus showing the best match and other possibilities
    2

    Match

    Opus searches 2 million artworks and shows the best match with an honest score, plus close alternatives.

  3. The Starry Night work page with artist, museum and reviews
    3

    Go deeper

    The artist, the date, the medium, where it hangs, and what people who stood in front of it had to say.

Reviews

Say what you actually thought.

Star ratings and short reviews for individual works, not just museums. Reply to other visitors, follow people whose taste you trust, and see what’s trending this week.

Read our guides to looking at art →
A five-star review of The Starry Night with replies

Map

Every museum around you, and what’s inside.

Opus maps 15,000 museums and collections. Tap one for directions, current exhibitions, closing dates, and the masterpieces it holds.

Map of museums in Manhattan
Metropolitan Museum of Art card with exhibitions and masterpieces

Your Curator

A small companion who notices what you notice.

Earn badges for visits and discoveries, from your first scan to a van Gogh seen in person, and dress your Curator in what you’ve unlocked.

New badge celebration with the Curator wearing a sunflower hat

Not sure?

You see the match score, and the runners-up.

Opus never pretends. Every result shows how confident it is and the closest alternatives. If the work isn’t in the catalogue yet, add it in a few taps and we’ll review it.

How to identify a painting from a photo, with or without an app →

Questions

Is Opus free?

Yes. Opus is free while we test it, and recognizing artworks will stay free.

When can I use it?

We are inviting testers in small groups on iPhone (through TestFlight) and Android (through Google Play testing). Request access with your email and we will send an invite when a spot opens.

What can it recognize?

Paintings, drawings, prints, sculpture and museum objects. About 2 million works can be matched from a photo today, out of 13 million works in the catalogue, and the number grows every week.

What happens if it doesn’t recognize something?

You see the closest possibilities with a match score, and you can add the work yourself. We review every submission before it goes into the catalogue.

Do I need to be in a museum?

No. It works on a painting in a gallery, a print in a book, or a picture on a screen.

Which museums does it cover?

Works from about 15,000 museums and collections worldwide, from the Louvre and the Met to small regional museums, plus 12,000 exhibitions.

Be one of the first to try it.

Tell us your email and your phone. We let testers in every week.

Your phone

Free during testing. We only email you about your invite. Privacy