Researchers studying people's brain activity when looking at abstract art have revealed why we interpret blobs of paint on ...

Abstract art has its roots in early human civilisation. Cultures across the globe have used non-figurative, but highly symbolic, decoration for centuries. While abstract art became the dominant ...

“At first glance the irregular shapes and geometric patterns of abstract art could appear difficult for the human brain to interpret. Art exhibitions like this one at the Saatchi Gallery in ...

The 1960 painting by the Harlem artist is on the auction block, months after it was saved from a condemned Cape Cod house.

Joan Mitchell's painting "Iva" is the centerpiece of a major donation from Florida-based philanthropists Jorge M. Pérez and Darlene Pérez that also will help Tate expand its collection of works by ...