The art of our time, whether abstract or figurative, offers different rewards — an irony, an openness of form, a factor of unpredictability — which echo everyday life in our world.

For most of us who like to look at abstract paintings, his hit the sweet spot—as two retrospectives (at the Guggenheim Museum in 1975 and the Museum of Modern Art in 2006) testify.

One of the questions that has most bothered me in my reflections on culture is the question of kitsch. Just what is it? When did it begin? And why? In a famous essay that appeared in Partisan ...

In 1954, the American abstract painter Leon Polk Smith (1906-1996) saw some drawings of basketballs in a sports equipment catalog. “They were just line circles with a drawing of the seams on the ...

Modern West Fine Art was envisioned as a contemporary art gallery that caters to the large base of Western-focused collectors in the region, while cultivating the state’s abundance of local talent.

ISLAMABAD: An exhibition of artworks by four artists provided an opportunity to the residents of the capital to enjoy and celebrate non-representational art, commonly known as abstract art.

Meanwhile, “Abstract” is a celebration of pure design, which proves very easy to depict on screen. Not that the filmmakers ever get lazy about it.

The duo wanted to test the assertion that abstract expressionist art is devoid of talent – that it could be done by a mere child, or even an animal.

Artist and art teacher Park Seo-bo’s ‘Ecriture’ abstract paintings of repeated lines were acquired by leading museums such as New York’s MoMA, and appeared on Louis Vuitton bags.

The findings suggest that people can intuitively understand the emotional content of abstract art and that certain visual cues are effective in conveying specific emotions.

Australian Abstract chronicles the lives and practices of 41 artists working in abstraction today.