Get started
Art Institute of Chicago in Duaer
In Duaer: Artworks at the Art Institute of Chicago by artist, title, or subject, with date, medium, department, and IIIF image. One successful search uses 1 credit.
What you get
Duaer Art Institute of Chicago searches the museum collection API, ranked by relevance, with IIIF image links.
Pick Duaer Data → Art Institute of Chicago in the node creator, or open the data market. Related: The Met collection, Cleveland Museum of Art.
When to use it
- Find paintings by an artist in Chicago.
- Get image links for public-domain works.
When not to use it
- The Met collection. Use The Met collection.
- Encyclopedia articles. Use Wikipedia.
Search on the canvas
- Open the node creator and pick Duaer Data → Art Institute of Chicago.
- Fill Words (such as water lilies). Optional: Public Domain Only.
- Limit defaults to 10, max 20. Execute.
A search uses 1 credit only when it returns rows. No rows, wrong input, or an upstream failure uses 0.
Call the API
- GET https://api.duaer.com/v1/data/art-institute?words=water%20lilies
- Authorization: Bearer <Duaer key>
The call skill below matches Copy skill in the Duaer data market, with parameters, examples, and result fields.
Call skill
Same text as Copy skill.
---
name: duaer-art-institute
description: >-
Duaer Art Institute of Chicago. Artworks at the Art Institute of Chicago by artist, title, or subject, with date, medium, department, and IIIF image.
One successful search uses 1 Duaer credit.
---
# Duaer Art Institute of Chicago
Duaer Art Institute of Chicago searches the museum collection API, ranked by relevance, with IIIF image links.
## When to use
- Find paintings by an artist in Chicago.
- Get image links for public-domain works.
## When not to use
- The Met collection. Use https://skills.duaer.com/met-museum.md.
- Encyclopedia articles. Use https://skills.duaer.com/wikipedia.md.
## Call
`GET https://api.duaer.com/v1/data/art-institute?words=water%20lilies`
Header: `Authorization: Bearer <Duaer key>`
Use an account key or a model API key.
Get a Duaer key: https://skills.duaer.com/keys.md
## Parameters
Provide `words`.
- `words` — Artist, title, or subject, such as water lilies.
- `publicDomain` — Optional. `yes` to keep only works free to reuse.
- `limit` — Optional. Rows to return, from 1 to 20. Default 10.
## Examples
- `GET https://api.duaer.com/v1/data/art-institute?words=water%20lilies` — water lily paintings.
- `GET https://api.duaer.com/v1/data/art-institute?words=Hopper&publicDomain=yes` — public-domain works related to Hopper.
## Result
The response is `{ "items": [...] }`. Each item has `source`, `title`, `url`, and `summary`, plus:
- `artworkId`, `artist`, `date`, `placeOfOrigin` — work and maker.
- `medium`, `department` — object facts.
- `publicDomain`, `image` — reuse status and IIIF image link.
Fields without a value are left out.
## Credits
A search that returns at least one row uses 1 credit.
An empty search, a search that finds nothing, or a failed search uses 0.
Wrong input returns 400 with a message and uses 0.
No remaining credits returns 402 and does not search.
A missing key returns 401.
## Related
- https://skills.duaer.com/met-museum.md — Duaer The Met collection
- https://skills.duaer.com/cleveland-art.md — Duaer Cleveland Museum of Art
Questions
How many credits does a Art Institute of Chicago search use in Duaer?
One credit when Duaer returns rows. A search with no rows or an error uses 0.
How do I use images from Duaer Art Institute of Chicago?
Duaer returns IIIF image links. Turn on Public Domain Only to keep public domain works only.
In this section
The Met collection in Duaer
In Duaer: Artworks at The Metropolitan Museum of Art by artist, title, or subject, with date, medium, department, gallery, and public-domain image. One successful search uses 1 credit.
Get startedCleveland Museum of Art in Duaer
In Duaer: Open access artworks at the Cleveland Museum of Art by artist, title, or subject, with creator, technique, gallery, and CC0 image. One successful search uses 1 credit.