A tall woven blue sculpture curves overhead, vivid blocks of pink and yellow light up a canvas, and a textured field of blue shimmers like water. These are a few of the pieces of artwork awaiting ...

Marianne Boesky in New York mounts the late abstract artist’s first posthumous show, “Requiem” ...

The mind processes abstract art and figurative art very differently, and the experience of viewing one or the other can change the way you think, a new study shows. Our minds process events and ...

In the 1960s, abstract art, removed from the world of recognizable objects and people, was often held up as the highest form that art could aspire to. But while no one seriously c ...

The very existence of a show devoted to “Black abstraction” raises questions. Is it valid to continue to sort art by identity? On the evidence of “Hard Art,” the answer is yes.

"Avery, Gottlieb & Rothko: By the Sea" explores the trio's friendship and artistic evolution.

It is hard to tell if abstract painting actually got worse [after the 1960s], if it merely stagnated, or if it simply looked bad in comparison to the hopes its own accomplishments had raised. —Frank ...

Explore how people perceive abstract expressionist art and can distinguish it from children's and animal paintings, despite initial doubts. If you wander through New York’s Museum of Modern Art, ...

Abstract painting gets a smooth water upgrade💧🎨!!

Abstract art often poses a challenge for many viewers due to its lack of connection to the physical world. Like other modernist art forms, it raises questions about how we understand and appreciate ...