Evaluating guided viewing strategies to enhance well-being effects of art viewing: a three-arm randomised controlled trial (opens in new tab)

Art viewing has been associated with well-being and positive mental health, yet its benefits are not universal across contexts or viewers. A key question is which aspects of art-viewing experiences drive beneficiary effects and whether they can be directly augmented to enhance well-being. To answer this question, this study explored the well-being effects of two art-based theory-informed augmentation videos at the National Gallery, London: one providing guided viewing instructions focused on ...