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Daily challenge

Name 5 artworks from a zoomed-in detail. The same 5 artworks for everyone, all day.

How to play

• Each artwork starts zoomed ×8 on a detail.
• Type a title or an artist: one right answer is enough.
• Each miss (or the “Pull the zoom back” button) shows more of the artwork, down to the whole picture.
• At the end, share your grid of squares with your friends.

Points

1,000 points if you find it at ×8, then 750, 500, 300 and 150. Up to 5,000 a day. Only your first try of the day counts in the leaderboard.

Beginner With Hints on, up to 3 hints per artwork: era and country, first letter and length, then the name with hidden letters (−100 points each).

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Paintle

The painters' Wordle: find the painter's name in 6 tries.

How to play

• The number of squares gives the length of the name (MONET, KLIMT, VANGOGH…). Accents don't count.
• Type a name and press Enter. Green right letter, right spot. Yellow the letter is elsewhere in the name. Grey not in the name.
• After 2 misses, one of the painter's works appears, blurred at first, sharper with every miss.
• Today's painter is the same for everyone and can be shared. Practice gives you unlimited painters.

Points

600 points in 1 try, then 500, 400, 300, 200, 100. Only today's painter counts in the leaderboard, once a day.

Beginner Beginner level: the first letter is given and any letters are accepted (half the points). Expert: only real painters' names are accepted.

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Zoom (master mode)

The hardest mode: recognize an artwork from a tiny magnified detail, over a sequence of 20 artworks.

How to play

• Choose a level: Easy (4 choices, starts at ×3), Medium (title or artist, starts at ×5) or Pro (title and artist, starts at ×8).
• Choose a sequence: random, by theme, by artist, by museum or by dominant color.
• Each miss pulls the zoom back: ×8, ×5, ×3, ×1.8, then the whole artwork.
• The museum label appears at the end of each artwork, with the Wikimedia Commons photo credit.

Points

1,000 points at ×8, 750 at ×5, 500 at ×3, 300 at ×1.8, 150 on the whole artwork. In Pro, finding only the title or the artist gives 100 points. Random 20-artwork sequences count in the leaderboard.

Beginner Easy level: 4 choices and paid hints (era, movement, place, initials). Medium: the 3 beginner hints.

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Name the painter

Find the artist from their works. Each miss reveals another of their paintings.

How to play

• One work is shown; the next ones stay hidden.
• Type an artist's name (or pick one of the 4 choices in Beginner).
• A wrong answer reveals another work by the same artist: use them to compare styles.
• 5 artists per game.

Points

Expert: 400, 300, 200 or 100 points depending on the number of tries (−50 per hint). Beginner: 200, 100 or 50, 3 tries.

Beginner Beginner · 4 choices: each name comes with the artist's dates and country. The score is marked “Beginner” in the leaderboard.

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Inquiry

Find the mystery artist behind a blurred artwork, by comparing your guesses.

How to play

• Guess an artist: a row shows whether the mystery artist was born earlier ▲ or later ▼, and whether they share the country, the movement or a museum.
• Green cells are matches.
• The artwork gets sharper with every guess.
• 5 mystery artists per game.

Points

Expert: 6 tries, from 600 points (first try) down to 100. Beginner: 3 tries, 300, 200 or 100.

Beginner Beginner · 4 choices: pick among 4 artists; each wrong pick still fills the comparison table.

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Pixel reveal

The artwork hides under 80 tiles. Uncover as few as you can, then name it.

How to play

• Click the tiles you want to open, wherever you think the clues are.
• When you think you know, type the title or the artist (or pick one of the 4 choices).
• A wrong answer opens 4 more tiles at random.
• The counter at the top shows what your answer is worth right now.

Points

1,000 points with no tile open, decreasing with each tile (at least 50 if you find it). 5 artworks, up to 5,000.

Beginner Beginner · 4 choices: half the points.

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Puzzle

The artwork is cut into 16 shuffled pieces. Put it back together, and name it early for a bonus.

How to play

• Tap two pieces to swap them (or drag one onto the other with a mouse).
• A piece in the right place locks in, with a green outline.
• At any time, name the artwork: the earlier you find it, the bigger the bonus.
• Then finish the puzzle.

Points

Up to 500 points for the puzzle (full points with the fewest moves possible), plus up to 500 for naming it early. 5 artworks.

Beginner Beginner · 4 choices: 1 try to name it, half the bonus. Expert: type the answer, 3 tries.

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Palette

Only the artwork's five main colors are shown, in proportion. Which artwork is it?

How to play

• Look at the color bands: width shows how much of each color the artwork has.
• Pick among 4 artworks.
• 10 palettes per game.

Points

300 points on the first try, 100 on the second.

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True or false

60 seconds: an artwork and a name. Is it really by that artist?

How to play

• Press Start the clock, then answer as fast as you can.
• Keyboard: ← false, → true.
• A wrong answer costs 3 seconds and shows the right artist.
• Your mistakes are listed at the end, to learn from them.

Points

1 point per right answer. In the leaderboard, 40 right answers are worth the full 1,000 points.

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Odd one out

Four artworks, three by the same artist. Find the intruder.

How to play

• Click the artwork that isn't by the same hand.
• The intruder often comes from the same movement: look at the brushwork, the colors, the subjects.
• 10 rounds.

Points

100 points per intruder found, up to 1,000.

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Match up

Four artworks, four artists: link each painting to its painter.

How to play

• Tap a name, then the artwork it goes with.
• Tap a linked artwork to undo. The last pair links itself.
• Press Check: right pairs turn green.
• 5 rounds.

Points

100 points per right pair, up to 2,000.

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Duels

Two artworks: which one is the newest, the biggest or the most famous?

How to play

• Choose the duel: The newest, The biggest (with a to-scale drawing next to a 1.70 m person) or The most famous (number of Wikipedia articles).
• The right answer stays in play against a new artwork.
• One mistake ends the run.

Points

Your score is your streak of right answers. In the leaderboard, a streak of 30 is worth the full 1,000 points.

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Timeline

Put five artworks in order, from the oldest to the newest.

How to play

• Drag the artworks, or use the ↑ ↓ arrows (handy on a phone).
• Press Check the order: the dates appear, right places in green.
• 5 rounds.

Points

Points for every pair in the right order: 1,000 for a perfect order. Up to 5,000.

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Map

Where does the artwork hang today? Drop a pin on the museum's city.

How to play

• Click the world map to place your pin, zoom in if needed, then press Submit.
• The museum and the distance appear.
• 5 artworks.

Points

Up to 5,000 points per artwork: the closer, the more points (about 2,500 at 1,000 km).

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Year

When was it made? Set the year on the timeline.

How to play

• Move the slider (from 1300 to 2000), or use the ±10 and ±1 buttons for precision.
• Press Submit.
• 5 artworks.

Points

5,000 points if you land within the artwork's dates, fewer the further away you are.

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