In a sleepy German town, a major new museum has opened. For its master architect and his patron, the project is more than a ...

On April 27, 1931, at the Galerie Percier on the Right Bank of Paris, Alexander Calder presented some 20 pieces of abstract sculpture that would turn out to be a game changer—for Calder ...

Artists and philosophers have long tried to answer such questions, including what art means. Now, scientists are having a go.

For years, a curious traveler would notice them: the intentionally stacked rocks along Highway 54, their arrangement forming unique, abstract sculptures. Some rocks, at times, would tower high and ...

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 ...