Art comprises different disciplines, among which there are visual and performing arts, enabling creative representation and staging. The development of these disciplines is closely related to scientific breakthroughs and knowledge dissemination. Bibliographic studies are a way to assess indicators related to research on different disciplines as they enable the analysis of different knowledge communication media such as scientific articles. This study conducts a bibliometric analysis of works on visual and performing arts indexed in Scopus during 2016–2020, to identify the extent and progress in scientific production of these disciplines at a global scale. For such purposes, 173 journals and 373 articles were included, analyzed through an application called RStudio and its library 'biblioshiny', using the 'bibliometrix' package. This bibliometric analysis revealed a growing tendency in visual and performing arts disciplines; however, the growth was not statistically significant. The results allowed to identify that 97% of the authors published only one article during the five-year period analyzed, therefore, it is considered that the authors have low productivity, a finding that makes visible the need to promote research work. Furthermore, a significantly high index of documentary production with single authorship was found, stating the importance of fostering collaborative networks. Factors such as lack of collaborative networks for co-authorship and limited collaboration between countries and unproductive regions affected scientific production on visual and performing arts during 2016–2020.