Has_not_been_viewed_much
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The Art Institute of Chicago's API includes a boolean field `has_not_been_viewed_much` for artworks viewed fewer than 200 times since 2010 on their website.
The Art Institute of Chicago's API includes a `has_not_been_viewed_much` field on artworks. Per source code, it means the piece has been viewed fewer than 200 times on the website since January 1, 2010. The author built a site to browse these artworks, noting they are often preparatory sketches, studies, or photographs by famous artists, and invites others to explore them.
What commenters are saying
Commenters were intrigued by the concept. One noted ~112,998 artworks have this label. Some celebrated discovering underappreciated works like sketches by Gauguin, Manet, and Rembrandt. A debate arose: some worried the site would inflate view counts, pulling artworks out of the category. Others argued that's the point. Several users reported Cloudflare loading issues, especially with VPNs. One commenter compared it to Wikipedia's least-viewed articles and another to library books marked for disposal if unborrowed.