Abstract Expressionism emerged in the United States, specifically New York, during the 1940s. It was a way for artists to ...

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Abstract art can make you look at the world in a whole new way. Associated with artists like Paul Cezanne, Man Ray and Picasso, this style is based around implication — creating images with shapes, ...

The greatest discoveries in art history, as in so many fields, tend to come from those working outside the box. Interdisciplinary studies break new ground because those steadfastly lashed to a ...

Sri-Lankan-British artist and designer Cecil Balmond once said, "The abstract has no emotional content ... the abstract is more powerful the more abstract it is." Abstract art plays with the ...

The world of abstract art is a mystery to me, as I imagine it is for most people. When you’re talking about colorful splotches on a canvas, what invisible committee decides that one person’s talent ...