# Art institute of chicago artwork search

Full-text search of the Art Institute of Chicago collection (about 130,000 artworks): id, title, artist, date, place of origin, medium, dimensions, artwork. Needs q.

Full-text search of the Art Institute of Chicago collection (about 130,000 artworks): id, title, artist, date, place of origin, medium, dimensions, artwork type, classification, department, public-domain and on-view flags, credit line, accession number and image_id. Build an image URL as {iiif_url}/{image_id}/full/843,/0/default.jpg; use only public-domain images freely.

- Tool ID: `artic/artwork-search`
- Name in the catalog: Art Institute of Chicago artwork search
- Provider: [Art Institute of Chicago](/providers/artic.md)
- Capability: [Wikipedia, books & web archives](/tools/knowledge/reference.md)
- Price: no charge per call
- Authentication: an authorised Agentik workspace is required for execution, including zero-price tools.

## Pricing contract

No charge per call. A workspace is still needed so your agent can call it.


```json
{
  "model": "per_call",
  "amountUsd": 0
}
```

## Complete input schema


```json
{
  "type": "object",
  "properties": {
    "q": {
      "type": "string",
      "minLength": 1,
      "maxLength": 200,
      "description": "Search words, e.g. 'water lilies'"
    },
    "public_domain": {
      "type": "boolean",
      "description": "true keeps public-domain works only, false only works still in copyright, e.g. true"
    },
    "limit": {
      "type": "integer",
      "minimum": 1,
      "maximum": 50,
      "default": 10,
      "description": "Artworks per page, e.g. 10"
    },
    "page": {
      "type": "integer",
      "minimum": 1,
      "maximum": 100,
      "default": 1,
      "description": "Page number, e.g. 2"
    }
  },
  "required": [
    "q"
  ],
  "additionalProperties": false
}
```

## Published example

This is the provider tool’s published example. Replace example values with the user’s requested inputs, respecting the schema; do not execute an example merely to test a connection.


```json
{
  "tool_id": "artic/artwork-search",
  "input": {
    "q": "water lilies",
    "public_domain": true,
    "limit": 5
  }
}
```

## Execute and retrieve

Inspect again before execution, explain the price and obtain the required authority. Use MCP run_tool or POST /v1/run with this tool ID, valid input and an idempotency key. Save the returned run ID and follow the actual state. If Agentik answers that the tool is temporarily unavailable, do not retry it blindly; use discovery to propose an alternative.

A partial or uncertain result can still have consumed provider resources. Consult [billing](/docs/billing.md), [idempotency](/docs/idempotency.md) and [asynchronous results](/docs/async.md).

Licence: CC0 1.0 (Art Institute of Chicago API data).

Attribution: Data from the Art Institute of Chicago API (artic.edu); images follow artic.edu image licensing.

[Provider documentation](https://api.artic.edu/docs/#search)

[REST inspection](https://api.agentik.cc/v1/tools/artic/artwork-search) · [OpenAPI](/openapi.json) · [Connection guide](/connect.md)

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