diff --git a/deploy/caddy/Caddyfile.snapshot b/deploy/caddy/Caddyfile.snapshot
index 0ebf024..3d9450f 100644
--- a/deploy/caddy/Caddyfile.snapshot
+++ b/deploy/caddy/Caddyfile.snapshot
@@ -62,6 +62,11 @@ upbeatbytes.com {
 		@immutable path /_app/immutable/*
 		header @immutable Cache-Control "public, max-age=31536000, immutable"
 
+		# Static texture assets (frame wood grain, etc.) — large and unchanging. Cache
+		# them forever like immutable assets; rename the file if the texture ever changes.
+		@textures path /textures/*
+		header @textures Cache-Control "public, max-age=31536000, immutable"
+
 		# The SPA shell: "/" and extensionless client routes (try_files → index.html).
 		# Briefly cacheable at the CDN edge (s-maxage) so a first paint never depends
 		# on this origin's uplink; browsers still revalidate every visit (max-age=0).
@@ -80,6 +85,7 @@ upbeatbytes.com {
 		# classic blank-screen cause behind a CDN.
 		@revalidate {
 			not path /_app/immutable/*
+			not path /textures/*
 			path *.*
 		}
 		header @revalidate Cache-Control "no-cache"
diff --git a/frontend/src/routes/art/+page.svelte b/frontend/src/routes/art/+page.svelte
index fb54490..5d0db8e 100644
--- a/frontend/src/routes/art/+page.svelte
+++ b/frontend/src/routes/art/+page.svelte
@@ -18,6 +18,13 @@
   let zoom = $state(false);
   let frame = $state('walnut');
   let thickness = $state(1);       // frame-scale multiplier, 0.7–1.9 (mat caps at 1.5)
+  let lightboxEl = $state(null);
+
+  function onKey(e) {
+    if (e.key === 'Escape' && zoom) zoom = false;
+  }
+  // Move focus to the lightbox when it opens, so Escape/Enter work and focus is trapped sanely.
+  $effect(() => { if (zoom && lightboxEl) lightboxEl.focus(); });
 
   let who = $derived(
     art ? [art.artist || 'Unknown artist', art.date_text].filter(Boolean) : []
@@ -50,6 +57,8 @@
   }
 </script>
 
+<svelte:window onkeydown={onKey} />
+
 <svelte:head>
   <title>Daily Art · upbeatBytes</title>
   <meta name="description" content="A masterwork a day from the world's open museum collections — one piece, beautifully framed, on upbeatBytes." />
@@ -145,7 +154,7 @@
 </div>
 
 {#if zoom && art}
-  <button class="lightbox" onclick={() => (zoom = false)} aria-label="Close artwork">
+  <button class="lightbox" bind:this={lightboxEl} onclick={() => (zoom = false)} aria-label="Close artwork">
     <span class="frame frame--{frame} lb-frame" style="--frame-scale:{thickness}">
       {#if isWood}{@render woodRails()}{/if}
       <span class="mat"><img src={art.image_url_large || art.image_url} alt={art.title} /></span>
@@ -191,7 +200,8 @@
 
   .gallery {
     flex: 1; width: 100%; max-width: 1100px; margin: 0 auto;
-    padding: clamp(20px, 5vw, 56px); box-sizing: border-box;
+    padding: clamp(6px, 1.5vw, 16px) clamp(20px, 5vw, 56px) clamp(20px, 5vw, 56px);
+    box-sizing: border-box;
     display: flex; flex-direction: column; align-items: center;
   }
   .intro { text-align: center; margin-bottom: clamp(18px, 3.5vw, 30px); }
diff --git a/goodnews/api.py b/goodnews/api.py
index df16b04..fabf298 100644
--- a/goodnews/api.py
+++ b/goodnews/api.py
@@ -2279,7 +2279,7 @@ def create_app() -> FastAPI:
             "image_url_large": f"/api/art/image/{a['object_id']}?size=full",
         }
 
-    @app.get("/api/art/image/{object_id}")
+    @app.api_route("/api/art/image/{object_id}", methods=["GET", "HEAD"])
     def art_image(object_id: int, size: str = Query("")) -> FileResponse:
         cdir = art.cache_dir()
         matches = sorted(cdir.glob(f"{object_id}-full.*")) if size == "full" else []
diff --git a/tests/test_art_api.py b/tests/test_art_api.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..986fb96
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/test_art_api.py
@@ -0,0 +1,45 @@
+"""/api/art image + today endpoints: GET and HEAD both work (HEAD must not 404 — the
+share /a/{id} HEAD gap bit us once), and the today payload carries the lightbox's
+full-res URL."""
+import pytest
+from fastapi.testclient import TestClient
+
+
+@pytest.fixture
+def client(tmp_path, monkeypatch):
+    db = tmp_path / "t.sqlite3"
+    cache = tmp_path / "art_cache"
+    monkeypatch.setenv("GOODNEWS_DB", str(db))
+    monkeypatch.setenv("GOODNEWS_ART_CACHE", str(cache))
+    monkeypatch.setenv("GOODNEWS_PUBLIC_BASE_URL", "https://upbeatbytes.com")
+    import importlib
+    import goodnews.api as api
+    importlib.reload(api)
+    from goodnews.db import connect, init_db
+    c = connect(str(db)); init_db(c)
+    c.execute(
+        "INSERT INTO daily_art (art_date, source, object_id, title, artist, date_text, "
+        "medium, department, credit, source_url, image_file, image_url_full, is_public_domain) "
+        "VALUES ('2026-06-21','met',10154,'Lander''s Peak','Bierstadt','1863','Oil','Paintings',"
+        "'Gift','https://met/10154','10154.jpg','https://met/full.jpg',1)"
+    )
+    c.commit(); c.close()
+    cache.mkdir(parents=True, exist_ok=True)
+    (cache / "10154.jpg").write_bytes(b"\xff\xd8\xff" + b"x" * 5000)   # web-large display copy
+    return api.create_app()
+
+
+def test_image_get_and_head(client):
+    tc = TestClient(client)
+    assert tc.get("/api/art/image/10154").status_code == 200
+    assert tc.head("/api/art/image/10154").status_code == 200          # HEAD must not 404
+    # ?size=full falls back to the display copy when no -full is cached
+    assert tc.get("/api/art/image/10154?size=full").status_code == 200
+    assert tc.get("/api/art/image/9999").status_code == 404
+
+
+def test_today_exposes_full_res_url(client):
+    a = TestClient(client).get("/api/art/today").json()
+    assert a["image_url"] == "/api/art/image/10154"
+    assert a["image_url_large"] == "/api/art/image/10154?size=full"
+    assert a["license"] == "Public Domain (CC0)" and a["museum"] == "The Met"