Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. This undated handout image provided by the Smithsonian National Portrait Gallery shows a portrait of Jacqueline Kennedy by Andy ...

Abstract art has become the defining visual statement in Mediterranean homes, replacing ornamental tradition with bold, expressive compositions that feel entirely at ease against whitewashed walls and ...

Three Filipino abstractionists take very different paths into the nonrepresentational, turning perception, technique and personal experience into distinct visual languages.

Gallery view, sculpture on the left is Jeanne Reynal, “Vertical Sculpture” (1959), mixed media mosaic, 65″ x 16″ x 12″; sculpture on window sill is Amaranth Ehrenhalt “Black Bear 2” (2000), marble, ...

Walk into any contemporary gallery in Las Vegas, and you'll likely encounter a canvas splashed with colors that seem to defy logic. No recognizable shapes. No obvious subject. Just pure, raw visual ...

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 ...

Since the dawn of philosophy, thinkers from Plato to Kant have considered how beauty affects human experience, and whether it has the power to transform our state of mind. Now, a new study from the ...