The Abstract Expressionist is best known for his action paintings, which emphasized the movements of the artist's body during ...

Mathematicians have calculated a “golden rule” for abstract art that famous artists tend to follow when they compose their ...

A painting by US Abstract Expressionist painter Jackson Pollock sold for a record US$181.2 million (€156.2 million) with fees ...

A mathematical method borrowed from topology can reveal structural properties of visual art that correspond to how people ...

This type of art often seems confusing or even random to the average viewer. Abstract art has a bad reputation. For many ...

The Abstract Expressionist's Number 7A, 1948 painting is now his most expensive artwork ever sold at auction.

Known for his bold and vivid yet composed depictions of nature -- especially mountains as a portrait of the inner mind -- Yoo ...

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 ...

With the return of sunlit evenings, warmer days and sprouting gardens, now is the perfect time for budding artists to celebrate the signs of spring through art. The new season brings about ...

If you've been looking for an excuse to visit the Guggenheim and you're an abstract art fan, here it is! The famous Fifth Avenue museum is exhibiting Wassily Kandinsky's work. Kandinsky was a ...