A new study reveals that famous abstract art may follow hidden mathematical patterns linked to human perception.

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

African bead art has been making waves in the world of modern abstract design. The colorful and intricate beadwork, which has ...

In his preface to Abstract Art: A Global History—arriving this month from Thames & Hudson—Joseph Low (“Pepe”) Karmel, a professor of art history at New York University, writes that the goal of the ...