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GET /v1/artists

Search artists

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Code snippets

curl "https://api.oanor.com/artic-api/v1/artists" \
  -H "x-oanor-key: oanor_test_..."
await fetch("https://api.oanor.com/artic-api/v1/artists", {
  headers: { "x-oanor-key": "oanor_test_..." }
});
$ch = curl_init("https://api.oanor.com/artic-api/v1/artists");
curl_setopt($ch, CURLOPT_HTTPHEADER, ["x-oanor-key: oanor_test_..."]);
curl_setopt($ch, CURLOPT_RETURNTRANSFER, true);
$out = curl_exec($ch);
import requests
requests.get(
    "https://api.oanor.com/artic-api/v1/artists",
    headers={"x-oanor-key": "oanor_test_..."}
)

Example response

A real response from this endpoint, captured by the latest health check.

{
    "data": {
        "count": 8,
        "query": "picasso",
        "artists": [
            {
                "id": 36198,
                "name": "Pablo Picasso",
                "birth_date": 1881,
                "death_date": 1973
            },
            {
                "id": 103244,
                "name": "Museo Picasso",
                "birth_date": null,
                "death_date": null
            },
            {
                "id": 111381,
                "name": "Museo Picasso Malaga",
                "birth_date": null,
                "death_date": null
            },
            {
                "id": 93579,
                "name": "Musée national Picasso-Paris",
                "birth_date": null,
                "death_date": null
            },
            {
                "id": 14663,
                "name": "Wifredo Lam",
                "birth_date": 1902,
                "death_date": 1982
            },
            {
                "id": 35028,
                "name": "Richard Hunt",
                "birth_date": 1935,
                "death_date": 2023
            },
            {
                "id": 36782,
                "name": "Edward Steichen",
                "birth_date": 1879,
                "death_date": 1973
            },
            {
                "id": 36878,
                "name": "Rufino Tamayo",
                "birth_date": 1899,
                "death_date": 1991
            }
        ],
        "pagination": {
            "limit": 20,
            "total": 8,
            "offset": 0,
            "total_pages": 1,
            "current_page": 1
        }
    },
    "meta": {
        "timestamp": "2026-06-07T16:46:12.367Z",
        "request_id": "bd2daa4d-eff9-4544-808c-0f30cf8cb484"
    },
    "status": "ok",
    "message": "Artists retrieved successfully",
    "success": true
}