diff --git a/consts/consts.go b/consts/consts.go
index 1e3ae3e2c..aabf8c865 100644
--- a/consts/consts.go
+++ b/consts/consts.go
@@ -29,9 +29,11 @@ const (
 	DevInitialUserName = "admin"
 	DevInitialName     = "Dev Admin"
 
-	URLPathUI          = "/app"
-	URLPathNativeAPI   = "/api"
-	URLPathSubsonicAPI = "/rest"
+	URLPathUI           = "/app"
+	URLPathNativeAPI    = "/api"
+	URLPathSubsonicAPI  = "/rest"
+	URLPathPublic       = "/p"
+	URLPathPublicImages = URLPathPublic + "/img"
 
 	// DefaultUILoginBackgroundURL uses Navidrome curated background images collection,
 	// available at https://unsplash.com/collections/20072696/navidrome
@@ -46,13 +48,15 @@ const (
 
 	ServerReadHeaderTimeout = 3 * time.Second
 
-	ArtistInfoTimeToLive = 24 * time.Hour
+	ArtistInfoTimeToLive = time.Second
+	//ArtistInfoTimeToLive = 24 * time.Hour
 
 	I18nFolder   = "i18n"
 	SkipScanFile = ".ndignore"
 
-	PlaceholderAlbumArt = "placeholder.png"
-	PlaceholderAvatar   = "logo-192x192.png"
+	PlaceholderArtistArt = "artist-placeholder.webp"
+	PlaceholderAlbumArt  = "placeholder.png"
+	PlaceholderAvatar    = "logo-192x192.png"
 
 	DefaultUIVolume = 100
 
diff --git a/core/agents/README.md b/core/agents/README.md
index 0c5df1fa5..1a3a8e96e 100644
--- a/core/agents/README.md
+++ b/core/agents/README.md
@@ -9,4 +9,4 @@ A new agent must comply with these simple implementation rules:
 
 For an agent to be used it needs to be listed in the `Agents` config option (default is `"lastfm,spotify"`). The order dictates the priority of the agents
 
-For a simple Agent example, look at the [placeholders](placeholders.go) agent source code.
+For a simple Agent example, look at the [local_agent](local_agent.go) agent source code.
diff --git a/core/agents/agents.go b/core/agents/agents.go
index 4f50b5f0a..aa551a8b3 100644
--- a/core/agents/agents.go
+++ b/core/agents/agents.go
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@ func New(ds model.DataStore) *Agents {
 	if conf.Server.Agents != "" {
 		order = strings.Split(conf.Server.Agents, ",")
 	}
-	order = append(order, PlaceholderAgentName)
+	order = append(order, LocalAgentName)
 	var res []Interface
 	for _, name := range order {
 		init, ok := Map[name]
diff --git a/core/agents/local_agent.go b/core/agents/local_agent.go
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..67f988ac2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/core/agents/local_agent.go
@@ -0,0 +1,49 @@
+package agents
+
+import (
+	"context"
+	"path/filepath"
+
+	"github.com/navidrome/navidrome/consts"
+	"github.com/navidrome/navidrome/core/artwork"
+	"github.com/navidrome/navidrome/model"
+)
+
+const LocalAgentName = "local"
+
+const (
+	localBiography = "Biography not available"
+)
+
+type localAgent struct{}
+
+func localsConstructor(_ model.DataStore) Interface {
+	return &localAgent{}
+}
+
+func (p *localAgent) AgentName() string {
+	return LocalAgentName
+}
+
+func (p *localAgent) GetBiography(ctx context.Context, id, name, mbid string) (string, error) {
+	return localBiography, nil
+}
+
+func (p *localAgent) GetImages(_ context.Context, id, name, mbid string) ([]ArtistImage, error) {
+	return []ArtistImage{
+		p.artistImage(id, 300),
+		p.artistImage(id, 174),
+		p.artistImage(id, 64),
+	}, nil
+}
+
+func (p *localAgent) artistImage(id string, size int) ArtistImage {
+	return ArtistImage{
+		filepath.Join(consts.URLPathPublicImages, artwork.Public(model.NewArtworkID(model.KindArtistArtwork, id), size)),
+		size,
+	}
+}
+
+func init() {
+	Register(LocalAgentName, localsConstructor)
+}
diff --git a/core/agents/placeholders.go b/core/agents/placeholders.go
deleted file mode 100644
index 1210b8db9..000000000
--- a/core/agents/placeholders.go
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,43 +0,0 @@
-package agents
-
-import (
-	"context"
-
-	"github.com/navidrome/navidrome/consts"
-	"github.com/navidrome/navidrome/model"
-)
-
-const PlaceholderAgentName = "placeholder"
-
-const (
-	placeholderArtistImageSmallUrl  = consts.URLPathUI + "/artist-placeholder.webp"
-	placeholderArtistImageMediumUrl = consts.URLPathUI + "/artist-placeholder.webp"
-	placeholderArtistImageLargeUrl  = consts.URLPathUI + "/artist-placeholder.webp"
-	placeholderBiography            = "Biography not available"
-)
-
-type placeholderAgent struct{}
-
-func placeholdersConstructor(_ model.DataStore) Interface {
-	return &placeholderAgent{}
-}
-
-func (p *placeholderAgent) AgentName() string {
-	return PlaceholderAgentName
-}
-
-func (p *placeholderAgent) GetBiography(ctx context.Context, id, name, mbid string) (string, error) {
-	return placeholderBiography, nil
-}
-
-func (p *placeholderAgent) GetImages(ctx context.Context, id, name, mbid string) ([]ArtistImage, error) {
-	return []ArtistImage{
-		{placeholderArtistImageLargeUrl, 300},
-		{placeholderArtistImageMediumUrl, 174},
-		{placeholderArtistImageSmallUrl, 64},
-	}, nil
-}
-
-func init() {
-	Register(PlaceholderAgentName, placeholdersConstructor)
-}
diff --git a/core/artwork/artwork.go b/core/artwork/artwork.go
index 05209cd5e..16e3bf01a 100644
--- a/core/artwork/artwork.go
+++ b/core/artwork/artwork.go
@@ -7,6 +7,7 @@ import (
 	"io"
 	"time"
 
+	"github.com/navidrome/navidrome/core/auth"
 	"github.com/navidrome/navidrome/core/ffmpeg"
 	"github.com/navidrome/navidrome/log"
 	"github.com/navidrome/navidrome/model"
@@ -73,6 +74,9 @@ func (a *artwork) getArtworkId(ctx context.Context, id string) (model.ArtworkID,
 		return model.ArtworkID{}, err
 	}
 	switch e := entity.(type) {
+	case *model.Artist:
+		artID = model.NewArtworkID(model.KindArtistArtwork, e.ID)
+		log.Trace(ctx, "ID is for an Artist", "id", id, "name", e.Name, "artist", e.Name)
 	case *model.Album:
 		artID = model.NewArtworkID(model.KindAlbumArtwork, e.ID)
 		log.Trace(ctx, "ID is for an Album", "id", id, "name", e.Name, "artist", e.AlbumArtist)
@@ -93,6 +97,8 @@ func (a *artwork) getArtworkReader(ctx context.Context, artID model.ArtworkID, s
 		artReader, err = resizedFromOriginal(ctx, a, artID, size)
 	} else {
 		switch artID.Kind {
+		case model.KindArtistArtwork:
+			artReader, err = newArtistReader(ctx, a, artID)
 		case model.KindAlbumArtwork:
 			artReader, err = newAlbumArtworkReader(ctx, a, artID)
 		case model.KindMediaFileArtwork:
@@ -105,3 +111,11 @@ func (a *artwork) getArtworkReader(ctx context.Context, artID model.ArtworkID, s
 	}
 	return artReader, err
 }
+
+func Public(artID model.ArtworkID, size int) string {
+	token, _ := auth.CreatePublicToken(map[string]any{
+		"id":   artID.String(),
+		"size": size,
+	})
+	return token
+}
diff --git a/core/artwork/reader_album.go b/core/artwork/reader_album.go
index ec4438da0..3666acd6e 100644
--- a/core/artwork/reader_album.go
+++ b/core/artwork/reader_album.go
@@ -37,7 +37,7 @@ func (a *albumArtworkReader) LastUpdated() time.Time {
 
 func (a *albumArtworkReader) Reader(ctx context.Context) (io.ReadCloser, string, error) {
 	var ff = fromCoverArtPriority(ctx, a.a.ffmpeg, conf.Server.CoverArtPriority, a.album)
-	ff = append(ff, fromPlaceholder())
+	ff = append(ff, fromAlbumPlaceholder())
 	return selectImageReader(ctx, a.artID, ff...)
 }
 
diff --git a/core/artwork/reader_artist.go b/core/artwork/reader_artist.go
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..38137e0f1
--- /dev/null
+++ b/core/artwork/reader_artist.go
@@ -0,0 +1,35 @@
+package artwork
+
+import (
+	"context"
+	"fmt"
+	"io"
+	"time"
+
+	"github.com/navidrome/navidrome/conf"
+	"github.com/navidrome/navidrome/consts"
+	"github.com/navidrome/navidrome/model"
+)
+
+type artistReader struct {
+	artID model.ArtworkID
+}
+
+func newArtistReader(_ context.Context, _ *artwork, artID model.ArtworkID) (*artistReader, error) {
+	a := &artistReader{
+		artID: artID,
+	}
+	return a, nil
+}
+
+func (a *artistReader) LastUpdated() time.Time {
+	return consts.ServerStart // Invalidate cached placeholder every server start
+}
+
+func (a *artistReader) Key() string {
+	return fmt.Sprintf("placeholder.%d.0.%d", a.LastUpdated().UnixMilli(), conf.Server.CoverJpegQuality)
+}
+
+func (a *artistReader) Reader(ctx context.Context) (io.ReadCloser, string, error) {
+	return selectImageReader(ctx, a.artID, fromArtistPlaceholder())
+}
diff --git a/core/artwork/reader_emptyid.go b/core/artwork/reader_emptyid.go
index 6ec6e6cf7..b87e298ce 100644
--- a/core/artwork/reader_emptyid.go
+++ b/core/artwork/reader_emptyid.go
@@ -31,5 +31,5 @@ func (a *emptyIDReader) Key() string {
 }
 
 func (a *emptyIDReader) Reader(ctx context.Context) (io.ReadCloser, string, error) {
-	return selectImageReader(ctx, a.artID, fromPlaceholder())
+	return selectImageReader(ctx, a.artID, fromAlbumPlaceholder())
 }
diff --git a/core/artwork/reader_mediafile.go b/core/artwork/reader_mediafile.go
index 7209548f2..15e06250c 100644
--- a/core/artwork/reader_mediafile.go
+++ b/core/artwork/reader_mediafile.go
@@ -53,13 +53,3 @@ func (a *mediafileArtworkReader) Reader(ctx context.Context) (io.ReadCloser, str
 	ff = append(ff, fromAlbum(ctx, a.a, a.mediafile.AlbumCoverArtID()))
 	return selectImageReader(ctx, a.artID, ff...)
 }
-
-func fromAlbum(ctx context.Context, a *artwork, id model.ArtworkID) sourceFunc {
-	return func() (io.ReadCloser, string, error) {
-		r, _, err := a.Get(ctx, id.String(), 0)
-		if err != nil {
-			return nil, "", err
-		}
-		return r, id.String(), nil
-	}
-}
diff --git a/core/artwork/reader_playlist.go b/core/artwork/reader_playlist.go
index aa0304e9d..ae0976ec1 100644
--- a/core/artwork/reader_playlist.go
+++ b/core/artwork/reader_playlist.go
@@ -49,7 +49,7 @@ func (a *playlistArtworkReader) Reader(ctx context.Context) (io.ReadCloser, stri
 	if err == nil {
 		ff = append(ff, a.fromGeneratedTile(ctx, pl.Tracks))
 	}
-	ff = append(ff, fromPlaceholder())
+	ff = append(ff, fromAlbumPlaceholder())
 	return selectImageReader(ctx, a.artID, ff...)
 }
 
diff --git a/core/artwork/sources.go b/core/artwork/sources.go
index cba549f9d..b28a1e12b 100644
--- a/core/artwork/sources.go
+++ b/core/artwork/sources.go
@@ -112,9 +112,26 @@ func fromFFmpegTag(ctx context.Context, ffmpeg ffmpeg.FFmpeg, path string) sourc
 	}
 }
 
-func fromPlaceholder() sourceFunc {
+func fromAlbum(ctx context.Context, a *artwork, id model.ArtworkID) sourceFunc {
+	return func() (io.ReadCloser, string, error) {
+		r, _, err := a.Get(ctx, id.String(), 0)
+		if err != nil {
+			return nil, "", err
+		}
+		return r, id.String(), nil
+	}
+}
+
+func fromAlbumPlaceholder() sourceFunc {
 	return func() (io.ReadCloser, string, error) {
 		r, _ := resources.FS().Open(consts.PlaceholderAlbumArt)
 		return r, consts.PlaceholderAlbumArt, nil
 	}
 }
+
+func fromArtistPlaceholder() sourceFunc {
+	return func() (io.ReadCloser, string, error) {
+		r, _ := resources.FS().Open(consts.PlaceholderArtistArt)
+		return r, consts.PlaceholderArtistArt, nil
+	}
+}
diff --git a/model/artwork_id.go b/model/artwork_id.go
index 915cc70ab..113a907ec 100644
--- a/model/artwork_id.go
+++ b/model/artwork_id.go
@@ -12,13 +12,15 @@ type Kind struct{ prefix string }
 
 var (
 	KindMediaFileArtwork = Kind{"mf"}
+	KindArtistArtwork    = Kind{"ar"}
 	KindAlbumArtwork     = Kind{"al"}
 	KindPlaylistArtwork  = Kind{"pl"}
 )
 
 var artworkKindList = []string{
-	KindAlbumArtwork.prefix,
 	KindMediaFileArtwork.prefix,
+	KindArtistArtwork.prefix,
+	KindAlbumArtwork.prefix,
 	KindPlaylistArtwork.prefix,
 }
 
diff --git a/ui/public/artist-placeholder.webp b/resources/artist-placeholder.webp
similarity index 100%
rename from ui/public/artist-placeholder.webp
rename to resources/artist-placeholder.webp
diff --git a/server/public/public_endpoints.go b/server/public/public_endpoints.go
index 20fb62c6a..77f9f9a9b 100644
--- a/server/public/public_endpoints.go
+++ b/server/public/public_endpoints.go
@@ -3,7 +3,6 @@ package public
 import (
 	"context"
 	"errors"
-	"fmt"
 	"io"
 	"net/http"
 	"time"
@@ -27,15 +26,6 @@ func New(artwork artwork.Artwork) *Router {
 	p := &Router{artwork: artwork}
 	p.Handler = p.routes()
 
-	t, err := auth.CreatePublicToken(map[string]any{
-		"id":   "al-ee07551e7371500da55e23ae8520f1d8",
-		"size": 300,
-	})
-	if err != nil {
-		panic(err)
-	}
-	fmt.Println("!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!", t, "!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!")
-
 	return p
 }