About this repository

Purpose

The resource is for healthcare leaders, clinicians, architects, artists, funders and researchers considering permanent art in healthcare. It focuses on the experience of encountering art that is already present in the environment.

Founder and declared interest

The repository was founded by sculptor George Petrides, whose practice includes public sculpture in healthcare settings.

His works at Aretaieion University Hospital and Aglaia Kyriakou Children’s Hospital appear as labelled examples of practice. They are excluded from the research evidence. No health-outcome claim is made for those works.

The founder has a professional interest in public sculpture and its placement in healthcare. This interest is disclosed so readers can assess the resource accordingly. The repository does not claim independent institutional governance or external peer review.

Editorial position

Inclusion does not depend on a positive finding. Positive, mixed and null results receive the same record structure and visual treatment, with limitations displayed alongside findings. No numerical confidence score is assigned without a documented appraisal method.

Artistic quality, cultural meaning and the experience of a place are legitimate institutional concerns. They should be described on their own terms, with clinical claims reserved for findings that the evidence supports.

References to universities, hospitals and research groups identify sources. They do not imply affiliation, endorsement or partnership. This resource does not provide art therapy or medical treatment.

Contact and contributions

research@publicart.health

For a proposed research entry, include the citation, primary-source link, population, intervention and outcome. For an installation, include artist, title, institution, date, location and a photograph with its credit and publication terms.

Cite this edition

Public Art & Health — Research Repository. Edition 4.1. 9 September 2026. publicart.health.