I read all the text for every painting. Something satisfying about insisting on receiving more information. Was kind of surprised when the character at the end said I wasn’t paying attention. Which I suppose goes with the text at the beginning.

huh, I wasn't quite sure what to make of this, though I think I spoiled myself by skimming the comments.

This is one of the last games I've played in the jam, and one of many binksis, so I knew how to play immediately, though I would have appreciated some indicator of controls to start off.

When I read through the paintings, I think I was expecting some kind of subversion, or playing with the idea that you couldn't see the painting, only hear it described to you - but when it was played straight, I think I felt like I wasn't expecting it, since I didn't get any kind of resolution.

I may have missed something, though - the character at the end chastised me, I think I may have exited out of a painting, or paged through them quickly.

I liked the concept here, though I wondered if the descriptions of the paintings were going to change if I went back to them, which could have helped the narrative element

Reading very limited text descriptions of paintings and not seeing any paintings is not my idea of a good time in an art gallery. Sorry. If it had been a library, I'd have been much more engaged, I just didn't feel like I was getting an art gallery experience. 

I like what you're going for with this, but for me I don't think the tone you're going for is being communicated totally well. Maybe it's just all the repeated "Anything else?" prompts that make me feel like the game is reluctant to tell me what the artworks look like and I'm having to nag them.