Arts

Latest research

1. Multi-scale mechanical characterization of the lining canvas of The Night Watch by Rembrandt

   • S. Maraghechi
   • E. Bosco
   • P. Noble

   in npj Heritage Science

   Article Open access 06 December 2025

   

2. The alchemy of art and science in the age of black holes

   • Anna Barnacka

   in Nature Astronomy

   Article 05 December 2025

   

3. The mystery of emerald green — cracked

   in Nature

   Article 01 December 2025

   

4. Creative arts-based interventions for the improvement of PTSD symptoms in young people: a meta-analysis with a focus on non-Western populations

   • Briana Applewhite
   • Brennan Delattre
   • Olivia Spiegler

   in Nature Mental Health

   Article Open access 27 November 2025

   

5. Reconstructing hand gestures with synergies extracted from dance movements

   • Parthan Olikkal
   • Chris Dollo
   • Ramana Vinjamuri

   in Scientific Reports

   Article Open access 24 November 2025

   

6. Materiality and techniques revealed in drawings by Raphael, Leonardo da Vinci, and Perugino

   • Silvia A. Centeno
   • Rachel Mustalish
   • Laura Margaret Ramsey

   in npj Heritage Science

   Article Open access 22 November 2025

   

7. The art of the gift: provenance and the endowment effect in Chinese gift artworks

   • Yuqing Song

   in Journal of Cultural Economics

   Article 20 November 2025

8. “Aura” or “Rasa”? Toward an Intercultural Aesthetics of the Quotidian

   • Trisha Bhargav

   in Journal of Indian Council of Philosophical Research

   Article 20 November 2025

9. Cross-modal deep generative models reveal the cortical representation of dancing

   • Yu Takagi
   • Daichi Shimizu
   • Hiroshi Imamizu

   in Nature Communications

   Article Open access 18 November 2025

   

10. Here Comes the Sign: The Semiotics of Popular Music

    • Dario Martinelli

    Textbook 2025

    

11. Emotion-style dual prediction: a multi-task deep learning approach for artistic images

    • Yao Lu
    • Dan Shao
    • Manxing Shi

    in Cluster Computing

    Article 14 November 2025

    

12. Colored Journey:

    • Pan Tianbo
    • Yongli Tan

    Book 2025

    

13. Live Opera Performances on Veteran Recovery from Homelessness and Post Traumatic Stress: Post- Discussion Qualitative Analysis

    • Kia Skrine Jeffers
    • Tiffany Dzou
    • Kenneth Wells

    in Community Mental Health Journal

    Article Open access 13 November 2025

14. Aesthetic experience is supported by spontaneous autobiographical memory recollection

    • Anna P. Smith
    • Felipe De Brigard
    • Elizabeth J. Marsh

    in Memory & Cognition

    Article 11 November 2025

    

15. Optimized machine learning approach for artistic material recognition using evolutionary strategies

    • Marwa A. Gaheen
    • Fatma H. Ismail
    • Ahmed A. Ewees

    in Evolutionary Intelligence

    Article 11 November 2025

    

16. Emotion guided multi scale feature fusion for Qinqiang Opera video restoration

    • Tian Xia
    • Yili Yuan
    • Kaiyue Yang

    in npj Heritage Science

    Article Open access 08 November 2025

    

17. Researching a Rigged Game: Digital Approaches to Tracing the Illicit Trade in Cultural Objects

    • Emiline Smith
    • Summer Austin

    in Studies in Art, Heritage, Law and the Market

    Book Open access 2025

    

18. The brush is dead, long live the prompt: how AI is rescripting creativity

    • Maria Susan Mathew
    • Ajimon George

    in AI & SOCIETY

    Article 05 November 2025

19. Teaching Outside the Lines: Using Art to Enhance Mental Status Exam Skills

    • Jennifer Siegel
    • Kai-Hong Jeremy Mao

    in Academic Psychiatry

    Article Open access 04 November 2025

20. Dismantling the master’s house with his own tools: the Wrinkles Jewelry Collection’s defiance of visual agism

    • Shlomit Aharoni Lir
    • Liat Ayalon

    in Humanities and Social Sciences Communications

    Article Open access 27 October 2025

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