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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...

Lyrical Abstraction: The Art That Refuses to Be Cold

Tokyo, 1957. Georges Mathieu, barefoot, wrapped in a kimono, his long body coiled like a spring about to release, stands before an eight-metre canvas. He has been invited by Jiro Yoshihara of the G...

Very Painterly Abstract Artists: The New Alchemists

In his Heidelberg studio, Arvid Boecker (featured image) scrapes methodically across his canvas with a screen printing squeegee. Layer by layer, he builds what he calls an "archaeology of color." E...