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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 ...

Big subjects deserve to be rewarded with big books whose authors know how to do them full justice. Abstraction is a massive theme, especially when it is explored – as this volume’s subtitle assures us ...

With majority of abstract art history having originated in the west, a new exhibition here is exploring the roots of ‘abstraction’ in Indian art. Titled “The Order of Things”, the exhibition inpired ...

Welcome back to the Hyperallergic Podcast. In our latest episode, we continue on our mission to bring you playful, serious, and radical perspectives on art and culture in the world today. Curator Gwen ...

Curator Suzanne Weaver knows that people sometimes struggle with abstract art. “We all do,” she said. “Because, what is it? What does it represent? Where is the content? But as we go through this, you ...

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 ...

Painters pick up lots of studio tricks over a long career like that of Southern California native Ed Moses. But nothing guarantees that know-how and experience will snowball into great work. It has ...

David Hammons’ thoughtful curation of the exhibition, 'Ed Clark: Big Bang', currently at the Tilton Gallery helps establish a much needed context for an important artist of the New York School, who, ...