The human brain is built for art appreciation, suggests a meta-analysis that looked at studies mapping brain processes linked to the arts. Viewing paintings engages a number of different regions ...

When grouping art pieces to create a gallery wall, “Give priority to the thing that is most special,” says Lee Waters, owner and creative director of Lee Waters Design in Midlothian, Va.

Turns out that the human brain is hard-wired to appreciate art, according to a report in the June issue of the scientific journal Brain and Cognition. According to the Wall Street Journal, ...

"Brain Waves" Community Art Installation is the brainchild of senior Hannah Lowenstein. "I just want people to see how much of an impact art can make on mental health," Hannah explained.

Jose Luis Contreras-Vidal of the University of Houston studies the effect of art on the human brain at public experiments at the Menil Collection, near downtown Houston.

In addition to offering psychic readings from witches and sick, hand-embroidered cardigans, Etsy is filled with more wall art than the human brain can comprehend.

Art World Your Brain May Not Be Able to Distinguish a Digital Reproduction of an Artwork From the Real Thing, a New Study Suggests. Participants compared paintings at the Museum of Fine Arts ...

Brain-hacking art: Twisting mirrors, unreal shadows. By Jessica Griggs. 15 September 2010 (Image: The Metropolitan Museum of Art/Art Resources/Scala, Florence) Why don’t we notice ...