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

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

Walk into any contemporary gallery in Las Vegas, and you'll likely encounter a canvas splashed with colors that seem to defy logic. No recognizable shapes. No obvious subject. Just pure, raw visual ...

Caetano de Almeida, "Espiraculo" (2020), acrylic on canvas, 72 7/8 x 72 7/8 inches (all images courtesy the artist and Van Doren Waxter, New York) Two different memories came to mind while I was ...

If you wander through New York’s Museum of Modern Art, you’ll eventually come across Painting Number 2 by Franz Kline, a set of thick, unruly black lines on a white canvas. Elsewhere, you will find ...