How agents acquire abstract concepts from sparse, diverse examples—often without explicit supervision—remains a central ...

The usual story is that Milton Avery mentored, then was eclipsed by, the famed abstract expressionist. But it was more ...

The Kennedy Museum of Art will open “Telluric,” a solo exhibition featuring recent work by nationally and internationally ...

Have you ever looked at an abstract painting and wondered what the artist was thinking? A splash of color on a canvas can stir something deep or nothing at all. According to research from Duke ...

Mathematicians have calculated a “golden rule” for abstract art that famous artists tend to follow when they compose their works. Artificial intelligence, the team found, does not follow such implicit ...

A mathematical method borrowed from topology can reveal structural properties of visual art that correspond to how people perceive and respond to them, according to a new study published in PLOS ...

Arlene Shechet’s elegant 12-foot abstract sculpture evokes the green of spring as it stands on the grounds of the Smithsonian’s Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden. Shechet created the aluminum ...

Abstract art has traditionally been dominated by men, but female abstractionists have often been the trailblazers, as a new show at the National Museum of Women in the Arts makes abundantly clear.

He has survived loss, breakdown and schooling by ‘scary nuns’, but the anguish is still there in his art. As his new show thrills Paris, the US-based, Irish-born artist talks about the pain that ...

Art is subjective. No one person can look at one piece and interpret it the same as another. Each and every brush stroke, line and dot holds meaning. And yet, despite that powerful message, I have a ...

It has been written about Dyani White Hawk (Sičáŋǧu Lakota, b. 1976) that she honors Lakota culture while expanding its expression through new art forms and innovations. Better stated, she honors ...