These feature soft-edged blocks of colour arranged against a saturated background. Despite being influenced by the work of Matisse and early abstract artists such as Klee, Rothko rejected the idea ...

Researchers studying people's brain activity when looking at abstract art have revealed why we interpret blobs of paint on ...

We really are living in a golden era of nail art. There are delicate ... Epitomised by syncopated colour schemes and whirls of assorted shapes, abstract nails can be as bold or understated as ...

Kandinsky, widely credited as the first abstract artist, called it the 'science of the soul' and his art explored the relationship between colour and form. He carried out ‘psychological tests ...