diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 72ca2b4..c0dfedc 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -17,10 +17,10 @@ Slightly outdated screenshots of Supersonic running against the Navidrome <a hre
 * [x] Album view with tracklist
 * [x] Browse by genre
 * [x] Browse by artist
+* [x] Artist view with biography, image, and discography (similar artists coming soon)
 * [x] Set/unset favorite and browse by favorites (albums only; artists+songs coming soon)
 * [x] Browse and play playlists (create and edit support coming soon)
 * [ ] View and edit play queue (coming soon)
-* [ ] Artist view with biography, image, similar artists (coming soon)
 * [ ] Shuffle and repeat playback modes (planned)
 * [ ] Set and view five-star rating (planned)
 * [ ] Browse by folders (planned)
diff --git a/go.mod b/go.mod
index d88ca8a..8d5a62d 100644
--- a/go.mod
+++ b/go.mod
@@ -11,6 +11,7 @@ require (
 	github.com/pelletier/go-toml v1.9.3
 	github.com/wildeyedskies/go-mpv v0.0.0-20221204042335-e8961dc66756
 	github.com/zalando/go-keyring v0.2.1
+	golang.org/x/net v0.0.0-20210805182204-aaa1db679c0d
 )
 
 require (
@@ -37,7 +38,6 @@ require (
 	github.com/yuin/goldmark v1.4.0 // indirect
 	golang.org/x/image v0.0.0-20220601225756-64ec528b34cd // indirect
 	golang.org/x/mobile v0.0.0-20211207041440-4e6c2922fdee // indirect
-	golang.org/x/net v0.0.0-20210805182204-aaa1db679c0d // indirect
 	golang.org/x/sys v0.0.0-20220412211240-33da011f77ad // indirect
 	golang.org/x/text v0.3.7 // indirect
 	gopkg.in/yaml.v3 v3.0.1 // indirect
diff --git a/ui/browsing/artistpage.go b/ui/browsing/artistpage.go
index f2b4b5c..328170e 100644
--- a/ui/browsing/artistpage.go
+++ b/ui/browsing/artistpage.go
@@ -5,9 +5,11 @@ import (
 	"image"
 	"image/color"
 	"log"
+	"strings"
 	"supersonic/backend"
 	"supersonic/res"
 	"supersonic/ui/layouts"
+	"supersonic/ui/util"
 	"supersonic/ui/widgets"
 
 	"fyne.io/fyne/v2"
@@ -123,7 +125,7 @@ type ArtistPageHeader struct {
 	artistID       string
 	artistImageCtr *fyne.Container
 	titleDisp      *widget.RichText
-	biographyDisp  *widget.Label
+	biographyDisp  *widget.RichText
 	similarArtists *widget.RichText
 	container      *fyne.Container
 }
@@ -131,7 +133,7 @@ type ArtistPageHeader struct {
 func NewArtistPageHeader() *ArtistPageHeader {
 	a := &ArtistPageHeader{
 		titleDisp:      widget.NewRichTextWithText(""),
-		biographyDisp:  widget.NewLabel("Artist description not available"),
+		biographyDisp:  widget.NewRichTextWithText("Artist biography not available."),
 		similarArtists: widget.NewRichText(),
 	}
 	a.titleDisp.Segments[0].(*widget.TextSegment).Style = widget.RichTextStyle{
@@ -159,7 +161,13 @@ func (a *ArtistPageHeader) UpdateInfo(info *subsonic.ArtistInfo2) {
 		return
 	}
 	if info.Biography != "" {
-		a.biographyDisp.SetText(info.Biography)
+		segs := util.RichTextSegsFromHTMLString(info.Biography)
+		if len(segs) > 0 {
+			if ts, ok := segs[0].(*widget.TextSegment); ok && strings.TrimSpace(ts.Text) != "" {
+				a.biographyDisp.Segments = segs
+				a.biographyDisp.Refresh()
+			}
+		}
 	}
 	/** TODO:
 	if len(info.SimilarArtist) > 0 {
@@ -208,13 +216,13 @@ func NewMissingArtistImage() *MissingArtistImage {
 	img := canvas.NewImageFromResource(res.ResPeopleInvertPng)
 	img.FillMode = canvas.ImageFillContain
 	img.SetMinSize(fyne.NewSize(64, 64))
-	rect := canvas.NewRectangle(color.Transparent)
+	rect := canvas.NewRectangle(theme.BackgroundColor())
 	rect.StrokeColor = color.Black
 	rect.StrokeWidth = 3
 	rect.SetMinSize(fyne.NewSize(225, 225))
 	m.container = container.NewMax(
-		container.NewCenter(img),
 		rect,
+		container.NewCenter(img),
 	)
 	return m
 }
diff --git a/ui/util/util.go b/ui/util/util.go
index aa2481b..e5f3b83 100644
--- a/ui/util/util.go
+++ b/ui/util/util.go
@@ -3,6 +3,10 @@ package util
 import (
 	"fmt"
 	"math"
+	"strings"
+
+	"fyne.io/fyne/v2/widget"
+	"golang.org/x/net/html"
 )
 
 func SecondsToTimeString(s float64) string {
@@ -15,3 +19,31 @@ func SecondsToTimeString(s float64) string {
 
 	return fmt.Sprintf("%3d:%02d", min, sec)
 }
+
+func RichTextSegsFromHTMLString(s string) []widget.RichTextSegment {
+	tokr := html.NewTokenizer(strings.NewReader(s))
+	var segs []widget.RichTextSegment
+
+	var isLink bool
+	var done bool
+	for !done {
+		tt := tokr.Next()
+		switch {
+		case tt == html.ErrorToken:
+			done = true
+		case tt == html.StartTagToken:
+			t := tokr.Token()
+			isLink = t.Data == "a"
+		case tt == html.EndTagToken:
+			isLink = false
+		case tt == html.TextToken:
+			t := tokr.Token()
+			// for now, skip displaying Navidrome's "Read more on Last.FM" link
+			if !isLink {
+				segs = append(segs, &widget.TextSegment{Text: t.Data})
+			}
+		}
+	}
+
+	return segs
+}