Some artists use oil.
We use syntax.
Every painting here was made by the code on its label. Hover over one and you can read the brushstrokes.
- On view
- 25 October 2026, International Artist Day
- Works
- Six programs from c. 300 BCE to 1999, and one of yours
- Admission
- Free, in any browser
The code painting this picture
Hover over any painting to look closer. Touch any painting to look closer.
A painter’s glossary for programmers
Most of the painter’s trade already has a name in ours.
- Sketch
- prototype
- Palette
- syntax theme
- Brushstroke
- keystroke
- Stepping back
- running the tests
- Second coat
- refactor
- Negative space
- the lines you deleted
- Critique
- code review
- Signature
- git commit
The collection
Hung in the order they were written.
Studio
Paste in some of your own code. It gets painted the same way as the collection, and the same code always gives the same painting.
Active today
, 2026