The Abstract Expressionist is best known for his action paintings, which emphasized the movements of the artist's body during ...

"Number 7A, 1948" is considered one of history's "first truly abstract paintings," according to Christie's New York ...

The German-American painter, a master of form and color who was also a revered and influential teacher, is the subject of a ...

A painting by US Abstract Expressionist painter Jackson Pollock sold for a record US$181.2 million (€156.2 million) with fees ...

A mathematical method borrowed from topology can reveal structural properties of visual art that correspond to how people ...

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

The Abstract Expressionist's Number 7A, 1948 painting is now his most expensive artwork ever sold at auction.

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 ...

Mathematicians have calculated a “golden rule” for abstract art that famous artists tend to follow when they compose their ...

Artists, activists and nonprofit leaders assembled at Palo Alto's newest housing development, Mitchell Park Place, to celebrate the launching of a new program that allows adults with developmental ...