The friendship of Dalí and Duchamp is explored in an exhibition at the Dalí Museum in Florida. Continue reading
Dalí & Duchamp: Brothers Under the Skin
Abstract Art
Features From Previous Issues
Mark Tobey: A Quiet Master
Mark Tobey transformed the fluid lines of Eastern calligraphy into a unique style of abstract painting. Continue reading
Hans Hofmann: Drawing an Outline
A current exhibition shows the importance of works on paper in Hans Hofmann’s long and lauded career. Continue reading
Stanton Macdonald-Wright: Visual Haiku
An exhibition of Stanton Macdonald-Wright’s late printmaking work shows how the pioneering abstract painter was influenced by Japanese art and literature. Continue reading
Objective: Non-Objectivity
Rolph Scarlett joined the quest for a pure art so independent of the everyday world that it couldn’t even be called “abstract.” Continue reading
Out of Frame
By folding, creasing, and ultimately draping his canvases, Sam Gilliam brought color abstraction closer to the viewer than any artist before him. Continue reading
Half Animal, Half Symbolic
A Karel Appel exhibition opens at the Phillips Collection. Continue reading
Jackson Pollock: No Chaos
With his drip paintings, Jackson Pollock found a new kind of order that inspired future generations of artists in all media to strive for boundlessness. Featured Images: (Click to Enlarge) Jackson Pollock was born in 1912, in Cody, Wyo. Eight … Continue reading
The Dappled Infinite
Robert Natkin’s serene abstract paintings open up to reveal luminous worlds of color and pattern. Continue reading
Mark Rothko: A Theologian of Painting
Mark Rothko’s lifelong search for perfect clarity and truth through art produced great works on canvas and great anguish in the mind of the artist. Continue reading