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Abstraction-Création: A Pioneering Force in Modern Art

The Abstraction-Création movement, founded in 1931, was a critical turning point in the evolution of abstract art in Europe. At a time when Surrealism dominated the avant-garde and political ideolo...

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...

Here's Some Soothing Grey Abstract Art For Your Wall

Falling between two absolutes - black and white - grey is nothing less but perfect neutral. Its complexity is deeply entrenched in the balance it embodies and its intermediate essence. Being expel...

Enrich Your Home With a Large Abstract Painting!

Art may come in all sizes, but abstract art comes large. Jackson Pollock, Barnett Newman, and Mark Rothko - the progenitors of large canvases - with their unprecedented large-sized paintings put a...

Buy The Very Best Of European Abstract Art Today

From its beginnings in the 1900s, abstract art was a genuinely European phenomenon that heralded profuse possibilities that emerged from a rejection of representation as a passive mirroring of thi...

Fan of Red? This Abstract Art Is For You!

Red is the first color humans mastered, fabricated, reproduced, and broke into different shades, claims Michel Pastoureau in his seminal Red: The History of a Color. From our Paleolithic ancestors...

What Large Abstract Paintings Can Do for an Interior Space

Recently we were in a gallery admiring some large abstract paintings by the American artist McArthur Binion. A young couple was also in the gallery, and after a few minutes we overheard them comme...

Jeremy Annear Paints Rhythm of the Nature

Like many contemporary painters, Jeremy Annear embraces a post-disciplinary aesthetic. His paintings express diverse influences and stylistic concerns. They speak to something ancient using a cont...

Abstract Art as a Style of Choice

“The past is never dead. It's not even past.”-William Faulkner, Requiem for a Nun The word contemporary refers to the now. But can we have multiple contemporaneties? Thanks to the legacy of artist...

London Art Fair 2016

This week the global art fair season officially kicks off with the London Art Fair, which runs from 20 - 24 January 2016. Returning for its 28th year, the fair is once again being held at the Busi...

Portraits of the Best Abstract Artists: Sir Terry Frost

IdeelArt regularly publishes portraits of some of the best abstract artists. Today, we introduce you to the world of Sir Terry Frost, one of the key contributors to one of the most prominent abstr...

An Interview with Jeremy Annear

Jeremy Annear (b.1949) is a highly respected and successful Abstract artist based in Cornwall, England. His work is held by the Ionian Trust and The Royal Holloway Collection among others, and he ...

Abstraction and Geometry - by IdeelArt

From the Renaissance until the middle of the 19th century, Western visual arts were geared towards representing external visual reality, using perspective to create the illusion of three-dimension...