Update an artist
Updates an artist's editable fields (name, filing name, biography, statement, CV, socials, published contact). Only the fields you pass change.
Updates an artist's editable fields (name, filing name, biography, statement, CV, socials, published contact). Only the fields you pass change.
Authorization
bearerAuth artists:updateA gallery API key, sent as Authorization: Bearer gpk_… (or the x-api-key header).
In: header
Scope: artists:update
Path Parameters
Query Parameters
Preview this operation without committing it. When true, the request is authenticated, scoped, and validated, but no side effect runs — no write, no idempotency claim, no audit event, no outbound delivery. The response is HTTP 200 with an X-Dry-Run: true header and a body of { "dry_run": true }, plus an effect object describing what the real call would change when this operation can resolve one.
Header Parameters
Optional. Send a unique key per logical operation to make retries safe: a retry with the same key replays the stored success for 14 days instead of re-running the write. Reusing a key with a different body returns 400.
Request Body
application/json
TypeScript Definitions
Use the request body type in TypeScript.
Update an artist's editable fields (only supplied keys change).
Response Body
application/json
application/problem+json
application/problem+json
application/problem+json
application/problem+json
application/problem+json
application/problem+json
{ "id": "string", "name": "string", "sort_name": "string", "nationality": "string", "birth_year": -9007199254740991, "death_year": -9007199254740991, "biography": "string", "website_url": "string", "pronouns": "string", "birthplace": "string", "based_in": "string", "statement": "string", "cv_url": "string", "socials": { "property1": "string", "property2": "string" }, "public_email": "string", "public_phone": "string", "visibility": "private", "created_at": "string"}{ "type": "../dictionary", "title": "string", "status": 0, "detail": "string", "code": "string", "retry": "permanent", "details": null}{ "type": "../dictionary", "title": "string", "status": 0, "detail": "string", "code": "string", "retry": "permanent", "details": null}{ "type": "../dictionary", "title": "string", "status": 0, "detail": "string", "code": "string", "retry": "permanent", "details": null}{ "type": "../dictionary", "title": "string", "status": 0, "detail": "string", "code": "string", "retry": "permanent", "details": null}{ "type": "../dictionary", "title": "string", "status": 0, "detail": "string", "code": "string", "retry": "permanent", "details": null}{ "type": "../dictionary", "title": "string", "status": 0, "detail": "string", "code": "string", "retry": "permanent", "details": null}Merge an artist POST
Merges the loser artist into this one, re-pointing its artworks, show line-ups, images, documents, representation history, and contact link, then removing it. Requires gallery-editor rights. Confirmation-gated: echo the loser id and pass `confirm: true`.
Add an artwork auction record POST
Adds an auction record to an artwork's history.