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

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

Vasily Kandinsky, Painting with white border, May 1913. Oil on canvas, 140.3 x 200.3 cm. Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum, New York, Solomon R. Guggenheim Founding Collection, by gift, photo courtesy ...

Munich is gearing up for a celebration of the life and works of one of its most famous expressionist artists, Wassily Kandinsky. Set to run from Oct. 25 to Feb. 22, the exhibit "Wassily Kandinsky: ...

Wassily Kandinsky’s 1932 painting Decisive Pink, like much of the early abstract painter’s work, is fun to look at. The titular pink rectangle on the left contrasts with a bright yellow background, ...

A ghostly bird emerges from an envelope and a pair of triangles transform into a dog in “Animated Kandinsky,” an interactive version of Wassily Kandinsky’s vibrant 1932 “Decisive Pink” ...

It’s a shame that the two preeminent stars of abstract art—Hilma af Klint and Wassily Kandinsky—never met in person. At one point, Swedish-born af Klint and Russian-born Kandinsky were miles apart ...

THE CONNECTIONS BETWEEN visual art and sonic art as creative expressions have long sparked ambitious theories. Listen to an artist even describe the act of laying down an ink line, and the sense of it ...

Today's Google Doodle pays tribute to the "Father of Abstract Art" on what would have been the painter's 148th birthday. Google is giving all users a treat today, serving up a Google doodle honoring ...