The focal theme of the new issue of Art Studies Magazine (4/2025) is ‘Contemporary Receptions in Art: Image, Text, and Context.’ The scope of scholarly interest includes: the theory and history of imagery; the power of images in contemporary life; visual narrative and compositions. The issue also traces the process of audience impact in relation to the reception of art within a climate of cultural turbulence. Among the academic topics explored by both emerging and established researchers are: contemporary editing techniques in film and television; transformations of documentary testimony in the digital era; the crisis of identity in the age of artificial intelligence; the role of text as a visual and conceptual element in contemporary art; and more.