Reading the detailed descriptions of works exhibited in art galleries makes viewers happy, according to a new study. Visitors to a modern art museum displayed more "excitement" and "positivity" when ...

The Cincinnati Art Museum is opening its renovated ground floor after more than a year of construction. The space contains new classrooms for art making and an art study center. Emily Agricola Holtrop ...

In a recently published study on the effects of visual art on emotions, interest and social media engagement, assistant professor in the University of Wisconsin’s Life Science Communications ...

PHILADELPHIA (CBS) -- New research shows art can improve your well-being. No matter if it's modern or classical, this new research, the first of its kind, says art has several health benefits and they ...

Want to raise kind, generous kids? Take them to the art museum! The feeling of awe inspired by great art, it turns out, can be a humbling experience that encourages kids to help others, rather than ...

Works newly attributed to the Renaissance artist had exciting stories behind them. But experts say they are unlikely to be by his hand.

A new collaboration between between ecologists and art historians explored whether it’s possible to get accurate information about landscape ecology from nineteenth century paintings. They studied the ...

The state of art history is not good, at least not in the UK. According to a schools survey by the Association for Art History, only 80 schools offer an A-level in art history, down from 122 a decade ...