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Can an Artwork a Day Keep the Doctor Away

WEBArt Engagement Leads to Better Health. Jess Bone, a University College London research fellow in epidemiology and statistics, has conducted extensive …

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In an Astounding New Book, a Neuroscientist Reveals the …

WEBWhat can art do to help us? In the midst of a global health crisis, this question becomes even more urgent. While museums remain shuttered in many nations, there is …

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‘Fine Art Is Good Medicine’: How Hospitals Around the World Are

WEBIndependent scholar Jeanne Kisacky, author of Rise of the Modern Hospital: An Architectural History of Health and Healing, 1870-1940, added that Florence …

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Are You an Artist in Need of Aid

WEBThe recent global health crisis has left the art world in an uncertain lurch as galleries and museums shutter and artists see their exhibitions canceled or postponed.

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What Does the Public Want From Art in a Post-COVID World

WEBThe number one thing audiences want from art in a time of crisis is "more fun." Installation view of "Nature’s Gift: Humans, Friends and the Unknown" at the Oakland …

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In an Ambitious Initiative, Artists Around the World Will Create …

WEBThere will be exhibitions and community events in all six cities tackling issues including urbanization, poverty, discrimination, racism, and gender, and …

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The Art Angle Podcast: How the World Health Organization Is …

WEBThe Art Angle The Art Angle Podcast: How the World Health Organization Is Using Art to Fight the Pandemic. On this week's episode, Christopher Bailey, the WHO's …

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On the National Mall, The Largest Participatory Art Project in a

WEBThe sequel opened on September 17, with 670,032 flags. It remains on view through the end of this weekend, and still continues to grow. In fact, In America is the …

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Facing Illness With Art: 4 Powerful Artworks That Reveal Artists

WEBPrune Nourry, The Amazon (2018). Photo courtesy of the artist. When diagnosed with breast cancer in 2016 at the age of 31, Prune Nourry decided to use her …

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Art Is Good for One’s Mental Health, Says a U.K. Charity That …

WEBThe British charity Hospital Rooms has a clear mission to improve the standard of living for mental health patients through art. In the past six years, curator …

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MoMA Asked All Staff to Return to Work on Site. But Some Feel …

WEBEquity vs. Equality. MoMA is operating with office staff at just 50 percent capacity (all employees rotate in and out), but, sources contend, different employees …

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Study Links Van Gogh's Psyche to Color Palette

WEBA new study claims to have found a correlation between the darkening of Vincent van Gogh ’s color palette in his artwork and his declining mental health. The …

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Psychiatrists Are Now Prescribing Museum Visits to Help Patients …

WEBAs part of a new six-month pilot project, some patients suffering from poor mental health will be offered a “museum prescription.”. The scheme will offer up to five …

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‘These Are the Images of a Society in Extraordinary Decline’: …

WEBGreenfield has been working on different iterations of the “Generation Wealth” project since 2008. It was prompted by that year’s economic crash and became a book …

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‘It’s Heartbreaking Work’: How Kehinde Wiley Recreated the Light …

WEBAn elegiac tribute to victims of racial violence, the exhibition serves as a reminder that for each Black life lost, there is a family in mourning.

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A Different Side of Frida Kahlo Emerges in a Revealing New …

WEBPhoto courtesy of Amazon Studios. Midway through the new documentary Frida comes a declaration from its subject, Mexican painter Frida Kahlo, that she would …

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Art Is Beautiful. It Could Also Kill You. Here Are 7 Deadly Art

WEBBut the more you know about the risks, the safer you’ll be. Here are seven deadly art supplies to handle gingerly, and with great care. 1. Cadmium. Red paint. …

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10 Practical Reasons Why We Need to Fund—and Defend—the …

WEBAnti-NEA Talking Point #1: The Arts Will Have More Than Enough Support Without the NEA. Reply: Defenders of the NEA often use the talking point that its …

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Understanding Why Nobody Made Great Art About the Previous …

WEBThe Black Plague brings many, many more images quickly to mind than the Spanish influenza. But these are ciphered through religious imagery, which helped turn …

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Vincent van Gogh Was Definitely Crazy, but Doctors Aren’t Sure Why

WEBOver 100 years after his death, today’s medical professionals agree that Vincent van Gogh suffered from psychosis, but they still aren’t sure why, reports the …

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Experts React as Suspected Cyberattack Keeps Christie's Website …

WEBThursday’s 20th century evening sale may total as much as $500 million, led by a $35 million Van Gogh along with works by auction fixtures like David Hockney, Pablo …

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