Art Empires 0.40.0: Exhibition themes on the Art Gallery wall

Oct 01, 2026

Art Empires 0.40.0 is live. Give each Art Gallery wall a theme, and cards that match it support more people.

  • Each Art Gallery wall can choose an exhibition theme: one artist, minion type, class or keyword. Each matching card supports 2% more for every matching card on the wall. You can change a wall's theme once a day.
  • From Monday 5 October one theme is featured each week for everyone, and cards matching it support a further 10%. The Art Gallery names this week's theme and marks the cards that match.
  • Each build in the City Planner shows, under Missing, how much of each resource the city still needs before it can start, counting the builds ahead of it.
  • A deck can hold a Unique copy beside an older edition of the same card, unless that edition is Legendary.
  • Your copies in a card's details names each copy and its edition.
  • Asked to buy an exclusive, you see the edition you are reading, an arrow, and the Unique edition buying it gets you. The line tells you to come back and press the refresh button, which is drawn in the sentence and works too.
  • The level tables on each building's help page run to level 20, and the Town Wall shows its defence and attack at each level.
  • A deck save no longer refuses a Unique after a Rare of the same card, or accepts a Rare after a Unique.
  • The Appraisers' dropdowns are readable in dark mode.

Art Empires is my city-building empire game you play in your browser, and every card in it is a deviation submitted by the artist who made it. Play Art Empires at ArtEmpires.com, or read the full changelog.