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A new kind of audio guide, for museum lovers.

For everyone who stands in front of a painting and wants to know what's going on. Short stories, no jargon.

See for yourself.

Demo coming soon

What we see

Michelangelo Merisi, gen. Caravaggio

1571 Milan to 1610 Porto Ercole

Crowning of Thorns

around 1603

Canvas

127 × 166.5 cm

Museum purchase

Inv. 307

What we're wondering

  • What makes this special?
  • What made it special at that time?
  • What kind of life did the artist have?
  • What was happening in that region at that time?
  • Where does this sit in the timeline of art history?
  • What came before and what came after? And much more.

Why does this belong in a museum?

Hear the interesting context behind the paintings

Notice

The part of the painting you can’t ignore

Person

Who this really was, without the myth

Context

What the world was doing around it

Making

How they pulled it off

Influence

Who copied it, who fought it

Impact

What changed after

How it works

1
Pick a painting

Choose any work that catches your eye.

2
Experience the story

Listen to what's really going on and why it still matters.

3
Go deeper

Explore the angles you care about: the maker, the context, the impact.

Waitlist in numbers

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Numbers update every 24 hours.

Vienna
Launch planned for 2026
Kunsthistorisches Museum Vienna
The Belvedere
The Albertina
Other
Berlin
Gemäldegalerie
Old National Gallery
New National Gallery
Other
Amsterdam
Rijksmuseum
Van Gogh Museum
Stedelijk Museum
Other

Upcoming

Paris
Tokyo
Madrid
New York
Florence
London
Rome
São Paulo
Munich

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