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A person in a witch hat observes a colourful, abstract painting featuring multiple characters, including a central nude figure, in a museum.

Beauty and aesthetics

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Why art seems more beautiful when you can see yourself in it

Research suggests that people find artworks more aesthetically pleasing when they’re personally relevant to them in some way

by Matt Huston

Two people viewing the Mona Lisa painting in an ornate frame, displayed against a dark wall in a gallery.

Beauty and aesthetics

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What happens if we make the Mona Lisa more symmetrical?

The Golden Ratio and symmetry are two universal rules of beauty. The problem is they conflict with one another

by Manil Suri

Silhouette of person standing before an orange light, creating a glowing halo effect on a neutral background.

Painting and sculpture

film

Toxic materials become sculptures of light and air in this artist’s hands

Directed by Anika Kan Grevstad

Impressionist painting of a rural landscape with cows grazing, trees, houses, a church spire and a hazy sky at sunset.

Human evolution

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Why it took us thousands of years to see the colour violet

The colour violet was largely missing from art before the Impressionists, and is seen differently by different cultures. Why?

by Allen Tager

Drawing of a man in a cap and coat sitting with arms crossed, facing right, with a village and bare trees in the background.

Painting and sculpture

idea

Looking at portraits with an eye to evolutionary psychology

Why our understanding of Jean-François Raffaëlli’s ‘Roadman’ portrait can use a little help from evolutionary psychology

by Dan Sperber

A man with glasses inspects a detailed model featuring a car, a bridge, and two figures inside a miniature building.

Home

film

After leaving Damascus, Mohamad longs for a home that no longer exists

Directed by Jimmy Goldblum

Pastel drawing of a man with a moustache, surrounded by yellow background, holding a sleeping cat on his shoulder.

Neurodiversity

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When the mind is dark, making art is a thrilling way to see

For aphantasic artists with no mind’s eye, creating paintings is a way to experience the mental pictures they can’t see

by Adam Zeman

Artists and art history

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Gentileschi. Let us not allow sexual violence to define the artist

Artemisia Gentileschi’s body of work has been framed by her personal history. Her paintings should speak for themselves

by Eliza Apperly

A person wearing a colourful patterned sweater, surrounded by numerous vibrant, vintage spinning tops on metal rods.

Painting and sculpture

film

The fantastical, wearable art of Nick Cave embodies a ‘spirituality of style’

Directed by Stephen J Grant and Stephan Knuesel