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Everything a gallery runs on, in one place.

A hybrid CMS and CRM for art galleries, artists, art foundations and institutions, biennales and museums. All of it is built and working today, and each part below is a feature in its own right.

The page designer with a block library and a page canvas
A framed artwork page on the public website
The CMS: the page designer, and the public site it publishes.

The CMS side

Publish a website that looks like your gallery.

Content management for everything visitors see.

  • Page designer with blocks, live widgets and starter templates.
  • Online viewing rooms, a header menu you control and page settings.
  • Search-engine fields, share buttons and redirects for old URLs.
The Enquiries inbox listing messages with artist and work
The newsletter integration settings
The CRM: the Enquiries inbox, and newsletter integration.

The CRM side

Know the people behind the visits, and reach them.

Relationship management that lives next to your content, not in a separate tool.

  • Every enquiry lands in one inbox, with the artist and work recorded.
  • Artists, works, shows and viewing rooms are linked both ways.
  • Visitor interest in analytics: Enquire, View in Room, zoom, share and download.
  • Newsletter and mailer integrations to reach your audience.
The Edit Artwork form with title, artist, year, type, material, description and primary image
The artwork form.

Artworks

Every field a gallery needs.

One form holds the facts about a work, so records stay complete and consistent.

  • Title, year, material, type and edition.
  • Availability and price.
  • Dimensions in cm and inches, and orientation.
  • Rich description, images and video.
  • Flags for featured, homepage and new arrival.
The Edit Artist form with biography, CV, videos, represented toggle and a timeline of exhibitions
An artist record.

Artists

Biographies, CVs and a full record.

Each artist has a page in the admin that gathers everything about them.

  • Rich biography and CV, with the CV also available as a PDF.
  • Photo and videos.
  • A “represented” flag.
  • Works shown in rows, with exhibition, art fair and publication timelines.
The Edit Exhibition form with cover, title, dates, venue and installation shots
An exhibition record.

Exhibitions · Art fairs · Publications · Events

The fields each one actually needs.

Shows, fairs, books and events are first-class records, not posts with custom fields.

  • Exhibitions, art fairs, publications and events, each with its own form.
  • Covers and installation shots.
  • Dates and venue, with a text for each.
An artist record showing linked artworks, exhibitions, art fairs, publications and viewing rooms, with a delete warning
Links, and the delete warning.

Linked records

Linked both ways.

Open an artist and see their artworks, exhibitions, art fairs, publications and viewing rooms. Make a link from either side.

  • Links show up on both records, with nothing to copy.
  • Deleting something that is linked shows a warning first.
  • Deleting only unlinks: your other records stay safe.
The Artworks list with search, filters, thumbnails and status
The artworks list.

Search and filters

Find anything as you type.

Every list is searchable, filterable and sortable, so a large collection stays easy to handle.

  • Search as you type.
  • Filters and sorting on every list.
  • Thumbnails, status and flags at a glance.
The dashboard with totals, a Needs attention list and a setup checklist
The dashboard.

Dashboard

See what needs attention.

The dashboard shows your totals and quietly points out what is unfinished.

  • Totals for artists, artworks, exhibitions and more.
  • A setup checklist.
  • A “Needs attention” list: drafts, artists with no CV, works with no artist linked.
The Media Library pop-up showing a grid of images with filters
The Media Library pop-up.

Media Library

Every image, PDF and video, in one place.

Files are stored once and picked from a pop-up wherever they are needed.

  • Pick or upload from a pop-up wherever a picture is needed.
  • Grouped by what each file belongs to.
  • Filter by portrait or landscape.
  • Recently used files are easy to find again.
  • Files are resized automatically.
The page designer with blocks, a canvas and a design panel
The page designer.

Page designer

Drag, drop and publish.

Build any page from blocks, ready-made sections and starter templates.

  • Headings, text, images, buttons, columns and video.
  • Ready-made sections and starter templates.
  • Desktop and mobile preview as you work.
A live artworks widget set to display as a grid
A live widget.

Live content widgets

Content that updates itself.

Drop in a widget and it stays in step with your collection.

  • Show artworks, artists, exhibitions, art fairs, publications or viewing rooms.
  • As a single item, carousel, slideshow or grid.
  • They update automatically when your content changes.
The version history panel and a private preview link dialog
Version history and the preview link.

Drafts and previews

Work safely, share early.

Nothing goes live until you publish, and earlier versions are never lost.

  • Draft or publish, with autosave.
  • Version history.
  • A private preview link to share a draft with anyone.
A public online viewing room with a title, introduction and a row of artworks
A viewing room.

Online viewing rooms

Curated rooms that stay in sync.

Viewing rooms are built in the page designer, with artwork widgets drawn from the collection.

  • Built with the same blocks and widgets as any page.
  • Artworks stay in sync with the collection.
  • Linked to the artists in them.
A framed artwork page with Zoom in and View in Room buttons
An artwork page.

Artwork page

A framed page for every work.

Each work is shown gallery-style, with room around it and a very close zoom on the original image.

  • Gallery-style framing.
  • Very close zoom on the original image.
  • Buttons for Zoom in, View in Room and Enquire.
View in Room with an artwork shown to scale on a wall
View in Room.

View in Room

See it on the wall, at true scale.

Visitors see an artwork on a photo of a wall at its real size.

  • True scale on a wall photo.
  • Smooth zoom and pan.
  • The wall photo is your own, set in Settings.
A full-screen slideshow with a caption
A slideshow.

Slideshows

Full screen, with captions.

Present an exhibition, an art fair or an artist’s works one at a time.

  • Full-screen slideshows with captions.
  • For exhibitions, art fairs and an artist’s works.
  • Arrows and a counter, on any screen.
The homepage slider settings with a focal point and a phone crop frame
The homepage slider.

Homepage slider

Choose the pictures, the motion and the crop.

The first thing visitors see, set up exactly how you want it.

  • Choose or upload the pictures.
  • Fade, fade with slow zoom, or slide.
  • Timing, arrows and dots.
  • A focal point for each picture, so wide images crop well on phones.
The public Artists page, a grid of artist images
A phone showing the full-screen menu
A grid on desktop, and the phone menu.

Grids and phones

Clean on every screen.

Images fade up gently as visitors scroll, in tidy grids that become a single column on a phone.

  • Clean grid layouts.
  • Images rise and fade in as visitors scroll.
  • A phone-friendly full-screen menu.
The Share Options settings with channel buttons
Share options.

Share buttons

Let visitors pass work on.

Choose the channels once, and they appear across the site.

  • Facebook, X, Pinterest, WhatsApp, LinkedIn, e-mail and copy link.
  • Chosen in Settings.
  • On artworks, artists, exhibitions, art fairs, publications, events, viewing rooms and pages.
The search and sharing panel with title, description, social image and redirects
Search and sharing settings.

Search engines

Be found, and keep old links alive.

Every item can carry its own title, description and share image.

  • Page titles and descriptions for every item.
  • A social-card image for each.
  • Redirects for old URLs.
The Ask about this artwork enquiry form
The Enquiries inbox listing messages with artist and work
The Enquire form, and the Enquiries inbox.

Enquiries

One button from interest to inbox.

The Enquire button opens a short form, and the message lands in your Enquiries inbox.

  • A short form on every work.
  • The artist and work are recorded with each message.
  • Mark enquiries as new or handled.
The newsletter integration settings with a connected service and sign-up options
Newsletter integration.

Newsletter integration

Connect your newsletter service.

Grow your mailing list from your own website, and send news through the service you already use.

  • Connect your newsletter service in Settings.
  • Add a sign-up form to any page with a block in the page designer.
  • New subscribers go straight to your list.
The mailer settings with sender details and a delivered test message
Mailer integration.

Mailer integration

Send your site’s e-mail through your own mailer.

Choose the sender, and connect the mail service you trust.

  • Connect your mailer service, and set the sender name and address.
  • Send a test message to check it works.
  • Use it for enquiry messages and scheduled reports.
The Gallery Info settings with title, tagline, address, contact details and logo
Gallery Info.

Gallery details

Your name, logo and contact details.

Set them once, and they appear where they belong.

  • Logo, name and tagline.
  • Address and contact details.
  • A default social-card image.
The Menu settings with drag handles, rename fields and switches
The header menu.

Header menu

Arrange the menu yourself.

Reorder, rename or hide anything, and add your own links.

  • Drag to order.
  • Rename, or hide an item.
  • Add pages and outside links.
The Website settings with page width, padding and wall photo
Website settings.

Layout and wall photo

Widths, spacing and your own wall.

Tune the look of every page, and give View in Room your real wall.

  • Page widths and spacing.
  • The wall photo used by View in Room.
The Team settings listing users with roles
Team users.

Team users

Give your team their own logins.

Roles decide who can change what.

  • A login for each person.
  • Roles and login protection.
  • Added and managed in Settings.
The analytics overview with page views, busiest times and most-viewed works
Analytics, shown with sample data.

Analytics overview

Cookieless and anonymous.

No consent banner is needed, and no personal data is kept.

  • Page views and the most-viewed works, artists and shows.
  • Visitor interest: Enquire, View in Room, zoom, share and download.
  • Sources, devices and countries.
  • Busiest times, journeys through the site and a heat map.
The Reports page with Excel and PDF downloads, a scheduled summary and Test mode
Reports.

Reports

Take the numbers with you.

Share results with colleagues or artists in the format they use.

  • Excel and PDF reports.
  • An optional scheduled summary by e-mail.
  • A Test mode to preview everything with demo data.

Roles and login

People sign in with their own login, and roles decide what they can change.

Clean text

Page text is cleaned before it is saved.

Confirm before delete

Anything linked shows a warning first and is only unlinked.

Draft and publish

Nothing goes live until you publish, and version history keeps earlier versions.

Fewer moving parts

No pile of add-ons to patch, and far less that can be attacked.

A migration report showing imported counts and tidied records
A migration report, shown with sample numbers.

Migration

Migrate out of WordPress and other platforms.

You don’t have to start from scratch.

  • Bring your content, images and relationships across from WordPress or another platform.
  • Dates repaired and duplicates merged.
  • Redirects from your old addresses.
  • Proven on a gallery with about 4,000 artworks.

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