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Frank Stella retrospective at Whitney Museum

On 30 October 2015, a new Frank Stella retrospective will open at the Whitney Museum in New York. Organized in partnership with the Modern Art Museum of Fort Worth, the exhibition will be showing ...

José Heerkens at Verein für aktuelle Kunst Ruhrgebiet

We are pleased to announce José Heerkens forthcoming exhibition at Verein für aktuelle Kunst Ruhrgebiet (Association for Contemporary Art for the Ruhr region) in Oberhausen, Germany. José Heerkens...

Greet Helsen at the Kunstreich Gallery, Bern - By IdeelArt

Belgian artist Greet Helsen has just opened her latest exhibition at Kunstreich Gallery in Bern (Switzerland). Greet Helsen is artist who is inspired by nature, drawing abstract landscapes and usi...

An Interview with Ellen Priest

Ellen Priest has made her mark on the art world with her vibrant abstract collaged paintings for over thirty years. Influenced by Cezanne from the start of her career, and jazz since the 1990s, sh...

Daniel Göttin at Bureau 14C in Bern

We are pleased to announce Daniel Göttin's new exhibition at Bureau 14c in Bern, Switzerland. The artist presents some installation works in this exhibition organized by young curator Mathias Kobe...

Pablo Picasso and Abstraction

In 1945, Pablo Picasso produced a series of 12 lithographs entitled The Bull, in which he began with a realistic drawing of the animal, progressing through gradual removal of ‘superfluous’ element...

What Makes Someone Choose a Piece of Art?

Art is uniquely personal, not only to the artist who creates it, but also to the person viewing it. Nowhere is this truer than with abstract art. Art is an extension - a reflection of - the viewer...

Alexander Calder Mobile Art and Its Many Forms

Whether we’re aware of it or not, everything is moving all the time. The earth is spinning on its axis and orbiting the sun. Every molecule within us is vibrating, spinning and morphing. Movement ...

What is Abstraction? A Journey to Antarctica - by Pierre Auville

As the 20th Century was just dawning, explorers unveiled two new continents: Antarctica and Abstract Art. Coincidentally both terms appear to relate to each other - Ante Artica: the land before th...

Daniel Göttin at the Spendhaus Museum Reutlingen, Germany

We are pleased to announce Daniel Göttin's forthcoming exhibition "A Wonderful Adventure" 25 Jahre Ka! Editions at the Spendhaus Museum Reutlingen, Germany. Daniel Göttin will present some prints ...

Abstract Art Top Sales Results, Second Quarter 2015

A quarterly snapshot of the top abstract art auctions results: The second quarter of 2015 saw impressive results for abstract art at auction, with auction giants Christie’s and Sotheby’s leading...

Stanley Whitney Exhibit at Studio Museum in Harlem, New York

Until October 25, “Dance the Orange”, the first New York solo museum exhibition of artist Stanley Whitney, will be held in the Studio Museum — in the hub of Harlem. The exhibition, organized by La...

Tinguely – Dernière collaboration avec Yves Klein

The Venet Foundation, situated in Le Muy, France, is hosting this solo exhibition dedicated to the works of Swiss artist Jean Tinguely until 30 September 2015. The foundation will present two ma...

Richard Caldicott at 886 Geary Gallery, San Francisco - By IdeelArt

We are pleased to announce Richard Caldicott's forthcoming exhibition at 886 Geary Gallery, San Francisco. Richard Caldicott is an English artist who explores abstract photography and creates abst...

What's On? Summer 2015 Issue - by IdeelArt

A quarterly calendar of the best abstract art events around the world. Some great exhibitions of abstract art are taking place this summer. Here is IdeelArt’s selection of the best ones: Barbara H...

Art Basel 2015: a Tremendous Year for Abstraction

This year’s Art Basel, which took place in the Swiss city from 18 until 21 June 2015, featured $3.4 billion’s worth of art. “I haven’t had such a good day one at Basel in 10 years,” said New York ...

Greet Helsen at the Kunstverein Norden Gallery (Germany) - by IdeelArt

We are pleased to announce that Greet Helsen will be holding her fourth solo exhibition this year, "Klangfelder" ("Soundfields") at the KunstVerein Norden Gallery (North Germany). Greet Helsen i...

An Interview with Daniel Göttin

Born in 1959 in Basel, Switzerland, where he currently lives and works, Daniel Göttin’s works consist of site-specific installations and all-over drawings made out of industrial materials. The spa...

Daniel Göttin – Group Exhibition “Japan im Palazzo”

IdeelArt is pleased to announce Daniel Göttin’s participation in the group exhibition titled “Japan im Pallazo”, taking place at Kunsthalle Pallazo. This art space, located in the city of Liestal,...

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...

Auction House Announces Rothko Sales - by IdeelArt

Sotheby's has announced it is to auction a Mark Rothko masterpiece - only a day before a second work is being sold by Christie's. Naturally, Rothko works don't come to auction very often and the i...

How to Hang Your Art?

There is so much beauty out in the world that it's hardly surprising we want to capture a little of it and bring it into our homes by hanging art. But not everything in the world is clear; there i...

Abstract Art Top Sales Results, First Quarter 2015

A quarterly snapshot of the top abstract art auctions results: Joan Miró and Gerhard Richter’s works enjoyed outstanding results for the first quarter of 2015 as did the abstract art market in ge...

Exceptional Bequest to the National Gallery of Australia - by IdeelArt

Works by several of Australia's most famous abstract artists have been included in a $8 million bequest made by a Canberra art collector. Alan Boxer, an economist by trade, accumulated an incredib...

Google Expands its Online Street Art Gallery - by IdeelArt

Art fans can now view thousands of examples of street art from around the world without having to leave their own front room, after Google announced it had added 5,000 works to its online art data...

Rothko Expected to Reach $50m at Auction

Auction house Christie's has announced it is to sell an extremely sought-after Mark Rothko painting in May, with initial estimates putting the price somewhere between $30 million and $50 million....

What's On? Spring 2015 Issue - by IdeelArt

A quarterly calendar of the best abstract art events around the world. Spring is a time for rebirth and rejuvenation. Abstraction is the freedom that comes with it. There are some incredible abstr...

What Is Abstraction in Art - Definition and Examples

The concept of Abstraction tends to divide opinion and has done for many years. What does it mean? How is it art? Something so apparently difficult to understand has naturally prompted many miscon...