Art exhibition Turning Heads (Dublin) – Facial expressions and emotions

Art exhibition Turning Heads (Dublin) – Facial expressions and emotions

March 11, 2024

Professor Mesquita is featured in the audio guide for the art exhibition Turning Heads, an exhibition exploring the human face, currently at the National Gallery of Ireland, Dublin. In the audio guide, Mesquita offers a social-psychological perspective on several works, examining facial expressions and emotions, such as for the painting Laughing Boy by Frans Hals (depicted here).

What do you perceive in this expression?

For more details, visit the full press release here.

© Frans Hals, Lachende Jongen: Wikimedia Commons (Public Domain)