Abstract Art

Twombly does not exist outside of visual art, like pure Dada, which is essentially conceptual. He subscribes to the visual tradition. This gives him the affinity and perspective to pull a Korine with it, to scrape off the flesh until the bones of grammar emerge.

Sometimes the phrase "blurring the line between abstraction and representation" gets thrown around so much in art talk that it starts to lose its magi...

Such scrappy behavior -- hopeful, yet realist in a "turning world" -- is what propels this Down Under band over the precarious tightrope navigating the middle ground between dreams and nightmares on their journey to define a rock 'n' roll (r)evolution in the 21st century.

Hadley Holliday's works are heavy on the eyes, yet the borders and lines are crafted with youthful indulgence. While her new series at Taylor De Cordo...

Carole Bayer Sager is a prolific songwriter, and has spent the past 40 years writing and performing her hits, which have also been recorded by artists...

Today marks the 124th birthday of German abstract painter Josef Albers. Known for influencing the new generation of American abstract painters, Albers...

Berlin artist Marcel Eichner creates haunting picture puzzles where distinctions between the banal and the surreal are chewed up and spit back out. Li...

This collection of minimalist little joys may be the last thing you'd expect from the woman famous for her large-scale feminist installations, Judy Ch...

TAOS, N.M. — A Taos museum is about to open an exhibit by an abstract painter who was a quiet fixture of the local community but who was well-kn...

Talk about making an impression: Mark Rothko's 1961 solo show at Whitechapel is still described as nothing short of electrifying. The gallery is now hosting an exhibit which pays homage to the artist and the show that stunned a nation.

Ellsworth Kelly is having an LA moment. First his collection was used to inaugurate Matthew Marks' Los Angeles gallery opening and now his prints are...

Value and currency flow differently amongst the art world elite, but Gerhard Richter's recent desirability has skyrocketed to insane new heights. On F...

Who says fractals can't be fun? Dennis Koch's colorful canvasses first appear to be abstract, but the works are actually visual manifestations of math...

Here at HuffPost Arts, we like to think of abstract art as the sushi of the art world, an acquired taste that at first encounter is a bit odd and leav...

Antoni Tapies passed away last night according to his family members. He was 88 years old and had been in bad health for some time. Tapies was hugely ...

Many great artist personas get 'discovered' from their eccentric appearances before they even make any great art. Such was the case with Pockets Warho...

HuffPost Arts' Haiku Reviews is a weekly feature where invited critics review exhibitions and performances in short form. Some will be in the traditio...

LOS ANGELES — For the next six months, Southern California will be awash in celebrations of Southern California art: close to 170 separate exhibitio...

Not many museum directors have the opportunity Dean Sobel has—which is nothing short of the chance to rewrite a chapter of American art history. ...

Lucy Liu may have already been one of Charlie's Angels, but recently she's really been exploring her spiritual side, culminating in a new show of her ...

From an exhibition of new landscape and portrait paintings by Leon Kossoff, who works for years on each canvas, to an exhibition of "Unfinished Painti...