Looking at people looking at art: inside the mind of a gallery attendant. Visitor experience workers at London’s Tate Modern, Serpentine, Barbican and V&A share what it’s like to watch people looking ...

18th C. people looking at art in Giovanni Paolo Pannini’s “Galerie de vues de la Rome antique Gallery with views of ancient Rome)” (1758). I admit to being a voyeur when I travel to museums.

Art professionals explain how to look at paintings and sculptures like an expert — and how to make the most out of a museum visit. This episode originally published January 10, 2023.

Looking at a piece of art—whether a swirling Van Gogh sky or Munch’s haunting scream—might do more than just please the eye.

FB: It can be easy to despair seeing people spend more time taking pictures than looking at art. But you also show us how new forms of attention aren’t all bad. Also, they’re not entirely new .

There’s no “correct” way to look at art, but somehow everyone feels like there is — and it usually involves reading those little descriptions next to the art.

Before coronavirus concerns closed down many cultural institutions, four photographers explored how people in New York look at, interact with and sometimes ignore art in the city. Produced by ...