Viewing art is good for us, but new research may now tell us why — and that therapeutic uses may be better than previously ...

A famous abstract painting by the Dutch artist Piet Mondrian has been hanging upside down in museums for more than 75 years — after it was first displayed the wrong way at the Big Apple’s MoMA ...

One of the points brought out by the exhibition of “Abstract Painting in America” held at the Whitney Museum last spring was the fact that between 1915 and 1935 a surprising number of American ...

An abstract painting reveals its history, asking a viewer to step back and look closely. Tribune: A very casual treatment of abstract painting treats it as "composition-less." ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. I write about New York's art gallery system and museum structure. Swiss artist Chrissy Angliker’s Brooklyn studio, a large ...

Before artists like Jackson Pollock and Willem de Kooning shot to fame, Janet Sobel was gaining ground as an important abstract painter — but largely disappeared from the art world.

There's something very powerful that happens when people look at the abstract paintings of Mark Rothko, says art historian Susie Hodge.. As they observe his technique and color — perhaps two ...

By demystifying the emotional language of abstract art, this research has the potential to open up new opportunities for interdisciplinary collaborations and applications in the real word ...

In the 1960s, abstract painting was a controversial style for Black artists, overshadowed by social realist works. Now, it’s claimed its place as a vital form of expression.

If abstract art, or any other art, finds us at a loss for words, it is because there is no ready vocabulary to express the fundamental values that are peculiarly those of the visual arts, ...

Ben Heller, an influential New York art collector and dealer best known for his early embrace of Abstract Expressionism and the sale of one of its masterworks to an Australian museum, which caused ...