`search_artworks`

Pack: artsmia · Connect: https://pipeworx.io/mcp (see Connect below for a single-pack URL)

No MCP client? Call it directly: GET https://gateway.pipeworx.io/v1/tools/search_artworks for the schema, then POST the same URL with its arguments for the data.

Search the Minneapolis Institute of Art collection (~90k objects). Accepts free text (“monet water lilies”) or Elasticsearch field syntax: artist:“Van Gogh”, country:“China”, department:“Asian Art”, room:G3* — combinable with free text. Returns artist, date, medium, gallery location (on-view status), and image URL. Keyless.

Parameters

Name	Type	Required	Description
`query`	string	yes	Free text or ES query-string field syntax. Examples: “monet”, ‘artist:“Van Gogh”’, ‘horse country:“China”’, ‘department:“European Art”’.
`limit`	number	no	Max results (default 10, max 25).
`on_view_only`	boolean	no	If true, only return artworks currently on view in a gallery.

Example call

Arguments

{
  "query": "monet water lilies"
}

curl

curl -X POST https://gateway.pipeworx.io/artsmia/mcp \
  -H 'Content-Type: application/json' \
  -d '{"jsonrpc":"2.0","id":1,"method":"tools/call","params":{"name":"search_artworks","arguments":{"query":"monet water lilies"}}}'

TypeScript (@pipeworx/sdk)

import { Pipeworx } from '@pipeworx/sdk';
const pipeworx = new Pipeworx();

const result = await pipeworx.call('search_artworks', {
  "query": "monet water lilies"
});

More examples

{
  "query": "artist:\"Van Gogh\" country:\"Netherlands\"",
  "limit": 5,
  "on_view_only": true
}

Connect

Add this to your MCP client config — every tool in the catalog, including this one — or use one-click install buttons:

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "pipeworx": {
      "url": "https://pipeworx.io/mcp"
    }
  }
}

Connect to just the artsmia pack

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "artsmia": {
      "url": "https://gateway.pipeworx.io/artsmia/mcp"
    }
  }
}

See Getting Started for client-specific install steps.

search_artworks