Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Vistors at the Prado Museum in Madrid look at Velázquez's painting 'Las Meninas'. rubiphoto/Shutterstock How can we explain, in ...

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This piece reflects on why art is valued for vision experience and care rather than time spent. See the mindset behind ...

The new year is upon us and we’re already compiling artists to watch. Here’s a handful of amazing artists releasing new music in 2025 who you should definitely be paying attention to. Their styles are ...

I am not an expert on art but I am an expert on gullibility, and art appreciation (and certainly art economics) can in part be understood as an example of mass gullibility at work. Take the case of an ...

Abigail Jareño Gómez is a member of the Psychobiography Group of the Psychohistory Forum. In our constant quest to understand artists and their genius, we often put them on a pedestal, or we assume ...