Daniel Göttin at the Spendhaus Museum Reutlingen, Germany

Developing the Optical Abstraction: How Victor Vasarely Found His Own Style

It is sometimes assumed that when we talk about “arts and sciences” we are talking about distinctly different things. Science is about studying things, after all, whereas art is about creating thi...

The Power of Blue: From Historical Masters to Contemporary Abstract Art

When you see the color blue, what do you feel? Would you describe it as something different than what you feel when you hear the word blue, or read the word blue on a page? Is the information comm...

When Art Leaves the Frame: The Nobility of the Artist's Object

How rugs, folding screens, ceramics and tapestries by major artists became museum-grade collectibles, and what to know before bringing one home. In 1911, Sonia Delaunay stitched a patchwork blanke...