- Bahá'u'lláh's Influence on the New York School of Painting: The "Unapprehended Inspiration" of Newman and Rothko, by Ross Woodman. (1991) The paintings of New Yorkers Barnett Newman and Mark Rothko may best be understood as a powerful first evidence of what Bahá’u’lláh called “the rising Orb of Divine Revelation, from behind the veil of concealment.”
- Creative Act and the Spirit, The, by Bonnie Wilder. (1989) Essay on the connections between art and the Bahá'í teachings, from the perspective of personal artistic experience. (First 90% of article only, pages 17-34.)
- Cultural Diversity in the Age of Maturity, by Bahá'u'lláh, Abdu'l-Bahá, Shoghi Effendi, Universal House of Justice. Universal House of Justice, Research Department, comp. (2000)
- Images of a 'New Creation' in Twentieth-Century Art, Some, by Julie Badiee. (1995) A look at the works of some 20th-century artists to show that, whether they were aware of the Baha’i revelation or not, many of these artists have been compelled to express the quiet, yet unmistakable theme of a "new creation."
- Juliet Thompson: Champion of the Baha'i Faith in New York City, by Hussein Ahdieh. (2021-05-06) Essay about the life of Juliet Thompson, a prominent early Bahá'í and friend of 'Abdu'l-Bahá.
- Mark Tobey's City Paintings: Meditations on an Age of Transition, by Julie Badiee. (1989) On the evolutionary character of Tobey's "City Paintings" during the decades of the 1930s-50s: they may be understood as modern reinterpretations of the traditional themes of the Apocalypse, Hell, the Day of Judgment, and New Jerusalem — the Bahá'í age.
- Nudity in Art, by Universal House of Justice. (2008-07-30) There is no objection to artists depicting the human body from nude models, nor to Bahà’is acting as models; the main consideration is the intention of the artist.
- Numinous Land, The: Examples of sacred geometry and geopiety in formalist and landscape paintings of the prairies, by Kim Ennis. (2012-04) Includes many references to the Bahá'í Faith and its influence on contemporary artists. Link to thesis (offsite).
- Perfection and Refinement: Towards an Aesthetics of the Bab, by Moojan Momen. (2011) The writings of the Bab have implications for the "plastic" arts; significance for native traditions; relevance to the performing arts; and the concept of refinement which comes across in both the person and the writings of the Báb.
- Picture Gallery of Early British Bahá'ís, by Author unknown. (1998) Published in honor of the UK Bahá'í Centenary, 1998/99.
- Tobey, Mark George, by Judith S. Kays. (2000) Tobey (1890-1976) was a famous American painter.
- Views from a Black Artist in the Century of Light, by Elizabeth de Souza. (2020) On the experiences of Black artists; biographical notes on McCleary “Bunch” Washington; African-American spiritual songs.
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