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The Art of Happiness
How Visual Art Can Cultivate Your Creativity and Wellbeing
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A transformative guide to seeing differently - discover how engaging with art can spark joy, improve mental wellbeing, and help you reconnect with creativity, mindfulness and meaning in everyday life.
A transformative guide to seeing differently - discover how engaging with art can spark joy, improve mental wellbeing, and help you reconnect with creativity, mindfulness and meaning in everyday life.
Can art make you happy? Matthew Wilson argues that it can. Through its power to transform how we see ourselves and the world and ignite our imagination, it leads us to unconventional ways of thinking and tells us dazzling stories about the human condition. Drawing on his expertise in art history and his own personal experiences, Wilson looks at more than seventy works, revealing the deep pleasures they offer and showing how they can profoundly enhance and enrich our everyday lives.
Across seven chapters - spanning creativity, the home, light, work, freedom, solace and love - you'll encounter art that can spark joy, mindfulness and a rekindled zest for life and nature, while also encouraging a sense of collaboration. From David Hockney's epic morning commutes to Derek Jarman's serene sanctuary, from Hiroshi Sugimoto's meditative Uchoten tea house to Cecilia Vicuña's immersive Brain Forest Quipu, and from Johannes Vermeer's Milkmaid to Maurizio Cattelan's provocative Comedian, these works show how art can support mental wellbeing and help us rediscover the beauty of everyday moments.
Can art make you happy? Matthew Wilson argues that it can. Through its power to transform how we see ourselves and the world and ignite our imagination, it leads us to unconventional ways of thinking and tells us dazzling stories about the human condition. Drawing on his expertise in art history and his own personal experiences, Wilson looks at more than seventy works, revealing the deep pleasures they offer and showing how they can profoundly enhance and enrich our everyday lives.
Across seven chapters - spanning creativity, the home, light, work, freedom, solace and love - you'll encounter art that can spark joy, mindfulness and a rekindled zest for life and nature, while also encouraging a sense of collaboration. From David Hockney's epic morning commutes to Derek Jarman's serene sanctuary, from Hiroshi Sugimoto's meditative Uchoten tea house to Cecilia Vicuña's immersive Brain Forest Quipu, and from Johannes Vermeer's Milkmaid to Maurizio Cattelan's provocative Comedian, these works show how art can support mental wellbeing and help us rediscover the beauty of everyday moments.
Extent: 200 pp
Format: Paperback
Illustrations: Illustrated in colour
Publication date: 2026-12-01
Size: 21.2 x 15.8 cm
ISBN: 9780500298008
About the Author
Matthew Wilson is a writer, art historian and educator. He has written about art and culture for numerous publications, including The Economist, The Spectator and BBC Culture, and is an accredited lecturer at The Arts Society. He is the author of Symbols in Art, The Hidden Language of Symbols and Art Unpacked, all published by Thames & Hudson.
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