Sean Scully, "Heart of Darkness" (1982), oil on canvas, 8 x 12 feet. Art Institute of Chicago, Gift of Society for Contemporary Art (image courtesy the Art Institute ...

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 ...

A woman gazes at two of Hilma af Klint’s abstract works in the Guggenheim’s Hilma af Klint: Paintings for the Future (all images by author) Her story sounds almost too good to be true. Historians now ...

Years before Jackson Pollock was immortalized in the pages of Life magazine—cigarette dangling from his mouth, flinging paint across a canvas on his studio floor—Janet Sobel created her own unique ...

Abstract Expressionist New York: The Big Picture,” which is currently occupying MoMA’s fourth floor, is composed entirely of art drawn from the museum’s colossal permanent collection (much of which ...

In recent years, abstract and impressionist art has continued to grow and change, with artists using new ideas and techniques to express deep emotions, spirituality, and the mysteries of life.

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. Howardena Pindell, a ...

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 ...

Your memories may be key in how you respond to abstract art 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 ...