Unlike specific kinds of art like portraits or landscapes, which our eyes might tend to view in specific ways, abstract paintings offer a kind of blank slate for observing how we see. [Image ...

“People untrained in visual art see more than they realize when looking at abstract expressionist paintings. People may say that a child could have made a work by a recognized abstract ...

Researchers studying people's brain activity when looking at abstract art have revealed why we interpret blobs of paint on canvas so differently.

Turns out Nechita was yet another abstract art “prodigy.” In 1996, when she was 10, the Los Angeles Times published a feature story about her beneath the headline “Alexandra the Great.” ...

If you go. What: Sam Weis “Ten Paintings” art exhibit Where: Third-floor gallery of the Cedar Rapids Public Library, 450 Fifth Ave. SE, Cedar Rapids When: Regular library hours through Feb. 28 ...

Visiting an art museum could change how we think about our lives, according to researchers. A University of Cambridge study found people's ability to think in abstract ways was boosted by admiring ...

“People untrained in visual art see more than they realize when looking at abstract expressionist paintings. People may say that a child could have made a work by a recognized abstract expressionist, ...