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 ...

Artistic styles exist only in retrospect. While many of their defining characteristics are formulated in manifestos by pioneering artists, a style can’t be fully understood until it has become a thing ...

Dubai based Art Smiley Gallery inaugurated the Abstract Universe art exhibition, a global celebration of contemporary abstract art featuring 25 artists from 13 countries (Nov. 1 – 20) in its ...

Composers and musicians in the world of contemporary classical music have compared it to abstract art. In contrast to the flowing, musically descriptive melodies of the classical composers of past ...