Vernis - Your art companion

Vernis — your art companion, in every museum.

Point your iPhone at an artwork — Vernis recognises it and tells you its story, as a passionate critic would whisper a secret into your ear. Not an encyclopedia article. A narrative.

— A UNIVERSAL AUDIO GUIDE — Vernis works in any museum in the world, with no partnership required. Louvre, Orsay, Prado, MoMA, Tate, Uffizi, or the small gallery around the corner: one artwork, one story.

— OFFICIAL SOURCES — More than 790,000 artworks catalogued via Europeana, Smithsonian, Harvard Art Museums, Te Papa and other leading institutions. No Wikipedia. No generic content.

— EDITORIAL WRITING — Every narration is written like a piece of journalism: context, anecdote, emotion. Seven tones to choose from — artist, guide, friend, parent, critic, influencer, dramatist — to read the same work from seven angles.

— THE SIGNATURE GESTURE — Bring your iPhone close to your ear: the audio switches to the internal earpiece, the screen turns off, and the story is told one-on-one. Move it away: back to visual mode.

— YOUR LANGUAGE — French, English, German, Spanish, Italian, Portuguese, Japanese, Chinese.

— PRIVACY FIRST — No personal data collected. Photos are used only to identify the artwork, then discarded.

Vernis is free to install. An annual subscription or a 24-hour pass unlocks unlimited narrations.

Terms of Use (EULA): https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/ Privacy Policy: https://vernis-web.vercel.app/privacy