In addition to psychology (and noimetic psychology) my interests include creativity, meaning, and activism. I've written at length on subjects like "engaged creativity" and when I train creativity ...

Art often gets defined by the works showcased on its largest stage. Mentions of art are always associated with the greatest who have expressed it, so works that appreciate art often arrive in the form ...

This stately Georgian home in Washington, D.C., is filled to the brim with art. But its owners may be hard-pressed to describe the artworks' visual qualities. "They're not beautiful," said Aaron ...

What is art? How do we define art? What is art? How do we define art? In this episode, we explore some of the many ways that artists and writers and thinkers have defined and understood this thing we ...

A dance performance at Beijing’s Peng Hao theatre. How does context help us make meaning of works like this? Gustavo Thomas On the June weekend the Sydney Biennale closed, I arrived in Denmark to ...

A visitor to the Philadelphia Museum of Art views the French painter Fernand Léger's 1919 painting "The City." (AP Photo/Matt Rourke) As I waited in line to see the “Léger: Modern Art and the ...

From Benjamin Franklin to Rocky Balboa, Philadelphia is a city rich in public art and monuments. As the nation debates the meaning and fate of Confederate statues, the city is also questioning who ...