ArtFinder!

Yesterday I discovered an amazing website, ArtFinder. ArtFinder is the Pandora Radio for the art museum! Just as with Pandora, where you select a "station" (maybe some Elliot Smith?) to listen to and then Pandora finds you similar songs and artists with you giving a thumbs-up or thumbs-down as to your liking, ArtFinder employs the same general concept.

You start by identifying three sets of artworks that you prefer (there is a choice of four and you select one in each set) and ArtFinder analyzing your preferences and, bam! you're own custom "magic" slide show of art you may enjoy.

You can create an account or sign in with Facebook and share your slide show with friends.

Visit my ArtFinder tour! This set of paintings was chosen for me because I selected a Caravaggio, Honthorst, and Flemish painting. The results are fairly matched to my liking. ArtFinder even selected a favorite Carlo Saraceni painting, Judith with the Head of Holofernes (though I must admit, any painting of this subject I love, Caravaggio's is currently my iPad background!).

Carlo Saraceni, Judith with the Head of Holofernes, 1615. Oil on Canvas, Kunthistorisches. Bridgeman Art Library.