Magnus - Shazam for art

So-called Shazam for art!

Hi there! Thanks for all the positive comments and thanks to @chrismessina for hunting us. Ever stood in front of an artwork and had no idea who the artist is? Voila - that's why we build Magnus. A few weeks ago we launched it. Three questions have since always come up: 1) Why did you build this? We would like to make art more accessible. The art world is for outsiders hard to understand. And it's not transparent. I always felt like an idiot walking in a gallery and knowing next to nothing about the art in front of me That's why we offer two key features: - Our map: It shows selected art exhibitions you should go to, including opening hours, current shows, etc. - Shazam for Art: By taking a photo of the artwork the app tells you the name of the artist, title, dimensions and the price. 2) How did you build the database? We started working on the app more than three years ago and gathered over 8mio images since. And we add thousands of images daily. How? By crowdsourcing. Whenever an artwork doesn't match we review it and add it to the database. So when the next user takes a photo of this artwork a few hours later, it matches. 3) Why a donkey? A camel was really too expensive :)

Looks good. I've recently came across Artbit http://www.artbit.com/. (no affiliation) What are the differences?

This looks great. Where are you getting prices from?

Shazam for anything works for me. I don't know much about art so this will be cool to try next time i go cultural and such in a new city.

Great! I spent 10 minutes looking for a Kandinsky last week, wished I had discovered your app earlier! Ps. Just entered that piece into the database. App UI is awesome ;)

this video is so ridiculous it's kind of awesome. If this wasn't posted here I would think this app was an April Fool's joke because of it. With that said, I love the idea. Can't wait for an Android version.

The promo video is stunning, great job. Any hope for Android version?

Ughh but it's not working on a Mona Lisa...

great concept, great product and great video! I assume the database of various art pieces must be huge. Loved the User interface too. Good stuff magnus, waiting for it to come to india now :)