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"While developers updated tried-and-true apps that let users listen to music, read and browse the Internet to coincide with the release of iOS 7, a brand new app from an established site helps users do something rather unusual on the iPhone \u2014 buy art. \nArtsy, a website that features more than 50,000 works for users to browse and buy, launched its first app, which is designed for iOS 7, on Wednesday. By partnering with major museums and art organizations ranging from the Guggenheim to Public Art Fund, Artsy helps users buy original works and interact with currently installed shows. \nSee also: The 16 Best Things About iOS 7\nThe site sells works that cost anywhere from hundreds of dollars to more than a million. When users find a piece they want to buy, they can automatically contact the gallery or institution that owns the work. The homepage showcases current shows and users can search for works based on subject matter, medium/technique, style and movement. Pressing a heart icon near a work of art adds it to a personal category called 'Favorites.'\nThe app looks similar to the site \u2014 users can browse current shows and even zoom in on an installation photo of, for instance, \"Chuck Close: Recent Works,\" currently on view at Guild Hall in East Hampton, New York. It also allows users to keep up with important art fairs from Art Basel Miami Beach to Frieze. At time of writing, Artsy had no plans to create a version for Android. \n\nMashable spoke with Artsy President and COO Sebastian Cwilich about how the app could change the game for art lovers and collectors. \"It can serve as anything from casual browsing to a reference tool \u2014 perhaps when you're at an art fair, you can see who's got what at each booth \u2014 to an actual buying tool for collectors who are increasingly mobile instead of sitting in front of the computer,\" says Cwilich. \nFree of cost, the app boasts 60,000 works from a number of artists and utilizes the Art Genome Project. The project links the so-called \u2018genes\u2019 between works of art, suggesting certain pieces based on users\u2019 favorites. \nBoth the site and app allow users to contact specialists in the art field; the site lets users chat with specialists while the app produces a message form for collectors who might need more information about a specific work or to locate a specific piece. Cwilich says that the art sphere \"tends to under-invest in technology\" and sees the website and app as a way to bridge that divide. \n\"Because seeing art in person is an important part of the experience, we want people to have the iPhone app when they're out and about,\" says Cwilich. \"It's a tool that allows you to browse what is happening in hundreds of galleries around the world.\"\nArtsy for iPhone is now available for download.\nImages: Mario Tama/Getty Images; Artsy\nBONUS: iOS 7 Apps: Download these Now\n\n\niOS 7 Apps You Should Download Now\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nKindle\nAmazon\u2019s Kindle app now has an all-new design, as well as a new \u201CCollections\u201D feature to help them organize their books, documents, and magazines.  You could, for instance, have a collection for your \u201CFavorite Kids Books\u201D as well as \u201CGood Road Trip Books.\u201D Content can be added to multiple different collections, so you could potentially include the same book in both.\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nEvernote\nEvernote has a new home screen, which brings all your personal and business notes, notebook, tags, shortcuts and announcements onto the same page, new Quicknote feature, and image and PDF markup. Notes can also be shared with others through the app using iOS 7\u2019s new Airdrop feature.\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nShazam\nShazam has a new look and feel inspired by iOS 7.  In addition to the new look, the app now reminds you of the last thing you Shazamed when you open it. Sharing to facebook is easier and faster with the new app, and a new enhancement lets you include location, friends and comments when you share your Shazams with your friends.\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nFlipboard\nIn addition to a new look, Flipboard improved the speed of its app. The iOS 7 version of the app also includes the ability to delete unwanted comments directly in magazines, and report inappropriate users and comments. Parallax in iOS 7 also brings your magazine covers to life.\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nFoursquare\nFoursquare updated its app\u2019s user interface, and added a new icon.\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\neBay\neBay\u2019s iOS 7 app adds search improvements to help you find what you\u2019re looking for, enhancements to saved searches and seller, and improved upload speed when uploading items for sale.\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nTED\n\nTED\u2019s iOS 7 app sports a fresh new user interface, improved audio bar with time seeker and more.\n\u201CFor this latest update, we simplified our app\u2019s interface to make its functionality more useful \u2013 a combination of efforts inspired by our own TED design ethos and Apple\u2019s vision for iOS7.  As Apple puts it, \u201Cgood design is design that\u2019s in service of the experience.\u201D As a result, the TED experience for iOS7 feels lighter, airier \u2013 yet familiar,\u201D says Thaniya Keereepart, the  in-house product development lead for the app.\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nPandora \n\nPandora released a new iOS 7 version of its iPhone app and a compleately redesigned iPad app Wednesday.\n\u201CWe\u2019ve taken all of the things that we\u2019ve learned about the lean-in experience about Pandora on the web and our phone applications, and brought that the tablet with a new user experience built from the ground up around the larger screen environment of the tablet,\u201D Pandora CTO Tom Conrad told Mashable.\nOptimized for larger screens, the app makes it easy to add variety to a station with artist suggestion, helps you explore more about an artist or album on screen while you listen, and provides a detailed timeline customized for each individual listener. Social sharing also comes to the iPad for the first time with the release, giving users the opportunity to publish their music activity to Facebook, or share links to their favorite stations on Twitter.\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nQuora\nQuora\u2019s new iPhone app includes a new user interface, as well as new swiping and gestures for an improved Quora reading experience on mobile.\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nNight Sky 2\nNight Sky 2 brings new 64bit support for the iPhone 5S, an added option for imperial units and an improved Nigh Sky Community.\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nTwitter\nTwitter for iOS 7 got a whole new look. iOS 7 as a whole also ads a number of new Twitter features including  the ability to search twitter using Siri, use Shared Links in safari to see links that have been tweeted by people you follow, and its own #music station on iTunes Radio.\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nYahoo Weather\nYahoo Weather offers an new enhanced experience for iOS 7 and incorporates Yahoo\u2019s new logo.\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nFacebook\n\nFacebook released an iOS 7-optimized version of its app.\nThe most noticeable design change is that the app's main navigation bar has been moved to the bottom of the screen, replacing the old navigation bar at the top of screen. The new design also eliminates the tool bar that slid out from the left-hand side of the app in the old version.\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nPhoto Editor by Aviary\nPhoto Editor for Aviary  has an all-new interface for iOS 7, and introduces a \u201CSupply Shop\u201D where you can find all of Aviary\u2019s Photo Filters, Frames and Sticker Packs in one place.\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nInstagram\nInstagram got a new look \u2013 similar to that found in other iOS 7 apps \u2013 as well as a new features. The size of photos in your feed are increased. Both photos and videos are displayed at an increased resolution, and both can be expanded to be displayed on the edges of your screen. Content also appears larger in grid view.\n\n\n\n\n\n\n"^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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