Hear Art

Every masterpiece has a story. Hear Art tells it.

Pick a painting and press "Watch the story": a short cinematic film opens with the world it was painted in, the life of the painter, and the history that followed — then moves in close and shows you exactly where to look, detail by detail, as a narrator reads the canvas aloud. It is the feeling of a great museum guide leaning in to say, "now look here."

WHAT YOU GET
• 119 masterpieces from six centuries and 12 countries — Vermeer's Girl with a Pearl Earring, Hokusai's Great Wave, Van Gogh's Starry Night, Goya, Klimt, Monet and many more
• A cinematic film for every painting — the backstory, the painter, the history, and a guided close reading of the details
• Narrated in eight languages: English, Spanish, French, German, Italian, Japanese, Korean and Chinese
• Museum guides for the Louvre and the Prado — a 3D floor map with walking routes that takes you straight to the painting, and the museums' most famous works pinned on every floor with the key details to look for
• Browse by painter, by museum, by movement or by country
• Landscape and portrait films, made for iPhone and iPad
• A calm editorial design — no clutter, no ads, no tracking

FREE TO START, YOURS TO KEEP
Ten paintings are free to explore. Unlock the entire collection — and every painting added in the future — with a single one-time purchase. No subscription, ever.

Every artwork is in the public domain, sourced from museum open-access collections. Hear Art is for anyone who has stood in front of a painting and wished someone would tell them where to look.