“…An artwork is seen as a conduit of meaning and intention between artist and art recipient 3 , 4 and is generally regarded as a corporeal extension of its creator 5 . Accordingly, a growing body of research highlights the influence that artist-related information can exert on an aesthetic experience, beyond the physical characteristics of the work itself 6 – 14 . While some types of information, such as the amount of time spent on an artwork 15 , may be readily discerned when looking at it, other types of artist-related information, which are not directly related to a specific piece of work (e.g., an artist’s eccentricity 9 , nationality 13 , and disability 16 ), have also been found to influence different aesthetic outcomes.…”