Everyday A Painting

Available now on the App Store for iPhone

One painting a day.
Told like a story.

Everyday A Painting explains one painting a day in a short visual story: uncover it with a touch, then the camera moves to each detail as it is described. A calm ritual for looking closely, one masterpiece at a time.

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The daily reveal

Hold to reveal.

Today's painting waits behind a mist. Press and hold, and it surfaces under your fingertip — a small ceremony that makes each artwork feel discovered, not delivered.

  • One a day — a single masterpiece, never a feed.
  • Yours to uncover — the reveal only happens once, by your hand.
  • Then it begins — Complete a Story to add the painting to your collection.

Story mode

Then the story begins.

The painting opens full screen and a short guided story walks you through it — one thought at a time, lighting up word by word while a cinematic camera moves across the canvas.

  • Written to be read — what to notice, why it matters, how it holds together.
  • Camera as guide — Stańczyk's clenched hands, the letter on the table, the ball behind him.
  • At your pace — tap to continue, hold to see the artwork alone.

Painting stories

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The Last Supper Leonardo da Vinci
The Last Day of Pompeii Karl Bryullov
Stańczyk Jan Matejko
The Swing Jean-Honoré Fragonard
The Nightmare Henry Fuseli
The Fallen AngelAlexandre Cabanel
AnguishAugust Friedrich Albrecht Schenck
The Reluctant BrideAuguste Toulmouche
The Meeting on the Turret StairsFrederic William Burton
Ivan the Terrible and His Son IvanIlya Repin
The Execution of Lady Jane GreyPaul Delaroche
The Desperate ManGustave Courbet
The AmbassadorsHans Holbein the Younger
Self-Portrait with Death Playing the FiddleArnold Böcklin
The Wounded AngelHugo Simberg
The AccoladeEdmund Blair Leighton
American GothicGrant Wood
Las MeninasDiego Velázquez
OpheliaJohn Everett Millais

Collection

A year of masterpieces.

Every revealed day stays on the rail. Swipe back through Renoir, Cassatt, van Gogh, Seurat, Caravaggio — your own history of looking, one painting at a time.

  • From the world's great museums — the Met, Chicago, Cleveland, and more.
  • Every era — Baroque drama to Impressionist light.

Expositions

Keep what stays with you.

Complete a Story to add the painting to your collection.

  • Curated sets — by artist, era, museum, movement, and theme.
  • Complete them — fourteen of fourteen feels like closing a catalogue.

Progression

Make looking a habit.

A quiet chain of days spent with art. Streaks mark the rhythm, Expositions mark the depth — a 52-day run reads like a season well spent.

  • Finish today's Story to build your streak.
  • Progress you can see — collected counts fill in, set by set.

Monthly view

Look back over your month.

Revisit your paintings and progress, month by month.

  • Every day counts — revealed paintings live on their date.
  • No feeds, no noise — one artwork, its story, a quiet minute of your day.

What it is

A daily art companion, not a museum database.

Everyday A Painting is for people who want to get better at looking. One artwork comes into focus each day, with enough context to care about it.

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Daily reminders, on your schedule

Optional daily reminders bring you back when the new painting arrives — at the time you choose, and never as noise.

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Private by default

No ads. You control diagnostics and optional usage analytics in the app.

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In your language

The app interface supports 43 languages.

From the world's great museums

380+ masterpieces
250+ artists
60+ museum collections
The Metropolitan Museum of Art Art Institute of Chicago Cleveland Museum of Art The National Gallery, London The National Museum in Warsaw

Each painting includes its source and rights information.

Frequently asked questions

What is Everyday A Painting?

Everyday A Painting is an iPhone app that reveals one painting every day — uncover it with a touch, watch its story unfold, and build a personal gallery over time.

How does the daily reveal work?

Today's painting waits behind a mist. Press and hold, and it surfaces under your fingertip. One painting a day — never a feed. Each painting unlocks at midnight in your device’s current time zone. Changing time zones never removes paintings that have already become available.

What is Story mode?

After the reveal, a short guided story walks you through the painting one thought at a time, while a cinematic camera moves across the canvas.

How much does it cost?

Everyday A Painting is free to download. An active subscription is required for the guided daily experience, and eligible new subscribers may receive a 7-day free trial. The price is shown before purchase; cancel anytime in your Apple Account settings. The painting stories on this website are free to read.

More questions? Read the full FAQ.

Start a quiet daily ritual.

In the app, this painting is a short visual story: the camera moves to each detail as it is described. One painting a day, yours to collect when you finish.

Download on the App Store Painting stories

Free to download; the guided daily experience requires an active subscription. Eligible new subscribers may receive a 7-day free trial. The price is shown before purchase; cancel anytime in your Apple Account settings.