A Gallery of Your Own
A downloadable gallery for Windows and macOS
... art speaks in space. Stepping backwards to take something in, or moving forwards to get a better look, are both automatic, unthinking responses to a work of art's scale.
- Ben Street, How to Enjoy Art
Scale is intrinsic to art, yet it's hard to experience when viewed on a computer.
This experiment attempts to address that.
Experience art through movement
A Gallery of Your Own allows you to explore a universe of 171,000 works of public domain art in a continuous gallery space.
Each artwork is sized to its original physical dimensions, accurately conveying the sense of scale originally intended by the artist.
This part of your gallery is called the temporary exhibition, and it's like a lens into the world of art. You can also create new temporary exhibitions that apply filters to find the kind of art you're looking for.
Curate your own gallery
When you find something in the temporary exhibition that you like, you can move art to your permanent collection and place it however you like.
Invite your friends
The gallery is multiplayer, so you can invite your friends to explore and curate together.
Learn more
For more details, see the FAQ.
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Install instructions
Currently, the gallery isn't digitally signed. This means it will show up as being from an "Unknown publisher".
On Windows, running such programs isn't that hard--typically you're just shown a modal and click an "OK" or "Run anyways" button.
On MacOS, prior to the advent of Sequoia, it just consisted of right-clicking (or ctrl-clicking) on the app and choosing "Open" from the popup menu.
Since Sequoia, though, it's become more involved: you'll now need to try opening the app, then when it fails, go to "System Settings -> Privacy & Security", and you should see a UI that mentions the app, with a button to allow it to run. After clicking on that, you can try opening the app again and it should work.
Alternatively, you can install the Itch App, and install the gallery through that. I think it has ways of bypassing the unknown publisher issues, and it also automatically updates the app whenever I make improvements, which is convenient.
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