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AesCanvas: A Large-Scale Dataset and Benchmark for Aesthetic Critique and Contextual Suitability

arXiv · AI, language, vision and robotics · article · Aug 27, 2026 · UTC

Recent advances in Multimodal Large Language Models (MLLMs) have extended Image Aesthetic Assessment (IAA) beyond scalar scores toward interpretable critique and guidance. Yet existing benchmarks mainly assess intrinsic visual quality or fixed domain criteria, leaving open whether an appealing image is appropriate for a specific purpose, audience, cultural setting, or domain convention. We introduce AesCanvas, a unified suite with two complementary components: CritiqueCanvas with 519,136 instruction-response pairs from 54,300 images supports long-form, multi-dimensional critique across photogr

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