Before any realistic artwork reaches refinement, it begins as a collection of abstract decisions, and this video explores why ...

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 ...

Abstract art is often seen as the opposite of realism, but in truth it forms the foundation of all strong realistic artwork.

Almost 190 people were part of the research at Kettle's Yard gallery in Cambridge Visiting an art museum could change how we think about our lives, according to researchers. A University of Cambridge ...

While we’ve become increasingly reliant on metrics for design decisions, there is something more powerful in human creativity: the art of mental stargazing and the hidden currents of our intuition.

Abstract art often gets an undeserved bad rap. Many people famously dismissed Jackson Pollock‘s signature drip paintings in the 1950s, for instance, as being something that a trained chimpanzee could ...

It is hard to tell if abstract painting actually got worse [after the 1960s], if it merely stagnated, or if it simply looked bad in comparison to the hopes its own accomplishments had raised. —Frank ...

Asking “why” and conjuring up possible answers is an important thinking process. It gives rise to some of the most beautiful states of mind, such as curiosity and imagination. These psychological ...