Public Art & Health

Practical guidance for commissioning and care

Research record PAH-027 · Finding, limitations, sources and publication relationships.

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· 2020 · United Kingdom

Findings, methods and sources

PracticeProgramme / guidanceContext / synthesis

Finding. Professional resources address artist selection, commissioning and the long-term care of art in healthcare.

Limitation. Practice guidance is distinct from clinical evidence; technical and procurement advice must fit the project and jurisdiction.

Public Art Online / ixia: Guidelines for Commissioning and Selecting Artists and Craftspeople; When the Architects Leave: Maintaining artwork in the hospital environment. Arts + Health Ireland: The Arts Health Handbook.

Methods and verification

Verification level: Not yet assigned

Design
Professional guidance
Sample / scope
Not applicable
Setting
Capital projects
Art form
Several or unspecified

Publisher site checked; the specific guidance titles cited were not located there, 29 September 2026

Last full editorial audit: 2026-09-09 · Verification policy

Publications and overlap

No confirmed shared-publication match is recorded for this entry in Edition 4.11. Source-by-source and participant-level reconciliation is incomplete; this does not establish an independent study.

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Public Art & Health. Practical guidance for commissioning and care. Research record PAH-027. Edition 4.11, 29 September 2026. https://www.publicart.health/research/pah-027

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