If you wander through New York’s Museum of Modern Art, you’ll eventually come across Painting Number 2 by Franz Kline, a set of thick, unruly black lines on a white canvas. Elsewhere, you will find ...

Legal conflicts over real estate are routine. It’s not every day, though, that such a conflict has at its center a tiny patch of land that plays an outsize role in art history. But the scrubby expanse ...

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 ...

Abstract art has its roots in early human civilisation. Cultures across the globe have used non-figurative, but highly symbolic, decoration for centuries. While abstract art became the dominant art ...

“At first glance the irregular shapes and geometric patterns of abstract art could appear difficult for the human brain to interpret. Art exhibitions like this one at the Saatchi Gallery in London, ...

This is read by an automated voice. Please report any issues or inconsistencies here. In her 50s, Alice Matzkin became so well known for a series of portraits of creative women over 70 that she went ...

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, ...