The pioneers of abstraction—the Cubists, the Abstract Expressionists, the Minimalists—emerged from firm and identifiable aesthetic roots and developed their own philosophies. In the competitive ...

In the 1950s, Jonah Kinigstein was on the verge of making it big in New York's art world. He won a Fulbright to Rome. His paintings got into the Whitney Museum's annual show of contemporary art (the ...

“You can talk about light, scale, depth, beauty, color, shape, form, perspective,” the great mid-century abstract painter Helen Frankenthaler once said, “but it’s no formula of those things that make ...

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 ...

The opening panel of wall text at the UC Berkeley Art Museum retrospective for painter Hans Hofmann declares he was “one of the most important figures of postwar American art.” If he is not as well ...

Abstract painting is one of the most freeing art forms, allowing you to explore colors, shapes, and textures without the pressure of realism. Beginners can start with simple tools like acrylics, ...