With the return of sunlit evenings, warmer days and sprouting gardens, now is the perfect time for budding artists to celebrate the signs of spring through art. The new season brings about ...

What makes a tree a tree? Or rather, why can we recognize trees in even quite abstract depictions when they are so varied in nature? Researchers have found a clue in the branches, and used math to ...

Katharina Grosse, “I Think This Is a Pine Tree” (2013) at Berlin’s Hamburger Banhof Museum for Contemporary Art (all images courtesy the artist) BERLIN — In a large room, three tree trunks lie ...

SALISBURY — An artist who made a name for himself by turning the outdoors into his canvas is bringing his artwork inside. Known commonly as Abstract Dissent, Shane Pierce has earned a reputation in ...

The pioneers of abstraction—the Cubists, the Abstract Expressionists, the Minimalists—emerged from firm and identifiable aesthetic roots and developed their own philosophies. In the competitive ...