Art in hospitals

[Alex Ross]

Does visual art have a place in hospitals?

[sgs]

If there's a blank wall, it doesn't hurt to fill it. There's an answerbank article on Paintings in Hospitals at article 2710

[Nelli]

I read recently about some research which looked into what effect visual art has on patients recovering. Apparently abstract art had a lesser even detrimental effect at times,as opposed to realist paintings of pleasant landscapes etc. which seemed to brighten and improve recovery times ;)