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Don't Feel Blue - Buy Blue Abstract Art Instead!

For most of its early history, humans were blue-blind. Homer in his evocative descriptions alluded to a wine-red sea while the ancient elucidations of natural phenomena like rainbow plainly exclud...

Charlotte Park, An Abstract Artist To Know

I find familiar things in the work of Charlotte Park. I see in her paintings an almost boundless anxiety and searching, replaced in certain moments by a quietude or stillness, but always confident...

Brighten Up Your Quarantine With Some Colorful Abstract Art!

The COVID-19 outbreak is changing the world and disrupting our lives in the most unprecedented way. Many countries around the globe introduced quarantine measures to prevent further spread of COVI...

4 Documentaries and 1 Movie on Abstract Art and Artists You Can Watch Now

Are you desperate for fresh viewing options to make COVID-19 self-isolation more tolerable? Instead of putting sit-coms on auto-play or sitting in front of the news all night, why not watch some o...

Celebrating Female Abstract Art!

While the contribution of female abstract artists was pivotal to the abstract art, their work was notoriously undervalued and lacked the recognition indisputably received by their male counterpart...

When Romare Bearden Went Abstract

If, like a lot of people, you missed out on seeing Abstract Romare Bearden at DC Moore Gallery in New York this winter thanks to the appearance of COVID-19, fear not: an even larger exhibition, ti...

Abstract Watercolor Art You Simply Can't Miss Out On!

Adored for its unparalleled qualities - its unique translucency, impermanence, and vibrancy - watercolor art was for long short of the recognition or fame reserved for techniques such as oil paint...

7 Books on Female Abstract Artists To Read While in Self-Isolation

In times like this I consider myself lucky. I obsessively acquire art books from exhibitions and estate sales, so even when cooped up inside for weeks, or months, I at least have plenty to read. M...

Paint Your Abstract Art Collection Green!

As spring timidly arrived, green imposingly enters the spotlight with its elemental association with nature and blossoming vegetation. However, its copious metaphorical resonances are hardly exhau...

The Unpredictable, Nature-Inspired Abstractions of Vivian Suter

For the second time in her life, Guatemala-based artist Vivian Suter is becoming one of the most buzzed about abstract painters in the world. Following a breakout appearance in documenta 14, score...

Why Small Paintings Can Make a Big Impression on Your Abstract Art Collection

The trend of large, loud and largely unsellable paintings, dubbed festival art by an American art critic Peter Schjeldahl, dominated art fairs for two decades - stretching throughout the 90s to ea...

How JMW Turner Influenced Abstract Art

Joseph Mallord William Turner (1775–1851) was considered one of the most famous painters in Europe when he died. Introspective and experimental, he pushed himself far beyond his contemporaries. Co...

Abstract Art for Sale

IdeelArt offers a curated selection of 3000+ original Abstract Art artworks from some of the greatest abstract artists in the world, including paintings, photography, drawings, and limited editions.

You'll Simply Love These Abstract Art Prints For Sale!

A centuries-old process of creating artwork by printing found itself at the forefront of contemporary art as horizons of the visual reflected the cascading transformations of human experience that...

Inside Donald Judd's MoMA Blockbuster

Though he passed away in 1994, Donald Judd remains one of the most influential American artists ever. This spring, we will have a chance to reconsider his legacy thanks to the retrospective Judd, ...

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...

The Content and Emotion in the Art of Grace Hartigan

Grace Hartigan (1922 – 2008) has not been treated well by the self-appointed writers of art history. Throughout her career she was misunderstood and mislabeled, excluded from the movement she love...

Your Best Buy This Week - Art by American Abstract Artists!

The recently unpretentious opening of Uncharted: American Abstraction in the Information Age at Hofstra University Museum of Art, a group show featuring 8 members of the American Abstract Artists...

The Most Important Abstract Artists of the 21st Century – So Far

If you are anything like me, even though I wrote the piece, you may be a little bothered by the title of this article. How, only two decades in, can I possibly know who the most important artists ...

Abstract Photography Prints For Sale You Shouldn't Miss!

In its transgression of boundaries, abstract photography went beyond simple definitions and characterizations. Although initially rooted in realism, the photographic medium embraced the non-repres...

How Sonya Rapoport Used Abstraction to Pioneer Computer Art

Sonya Rapoport is having a moment. Or more accurately, since the Berkeley, California-based artist passed away in 2015, the immense artistic legacy she left behind is having a moment. Following ma...

Gagosian Paris Gathers Artists Who Create Art Blanc sur Blanc

An exhibition at Gagosian Paris titled Blanc sur Blanc (White on White) has once again ignited the timeless debate about the validity of all-white art. This conversation goes back at least as far ...

Ten Black and White Abstract Pieces to Add to Your Collection

From Malevich’s pure geometric forms devoid of color to Soulages, the master of noir -- whose retrospective is currently on at the Louvre in celebration of his 100th birthday, abstract art explore...

IdeelArt Presents Homage to the Square Exhibition Curated by Richard Caldicott

An interdisciplinary artist known for his groundbreaking series of photographic abstractions, Caldicott has long been fascinated by the multitudinous properties of the square. Some of the oldest r...

Ten Affordable Abstract Art Pieces to Get Under £1000

If you are on the lookout for exclusive and affordable abstract art, you are in the right place! IdeelArt brings quality and original abstract art from the artists' studio directly to you, seamles...

Four Finalists Win the Turner Prize

For the first time ever last year, the Turner Prize had four winners. Lawrence Abu Hamdan, Helen Cammock, Oscar Murillo and Tai Shani were all hailed as the 2019 winners. Four Finalists Win the Tu...

The Languages of Oil Painting

Oil paints are created by mixing dry pigments with a medium of “drying oil,” such as linseed oil or walnut oil, which binds the pigments, allowing them to be applied to a surface while wet where t...

How Piero Dorazio Brought Abstraction to Italy

Once again today we find ourselves in a time when the art field seems dominated by politically relevant art. As such, an age old question is again being debated: is abstract art inherently politic...

Light, Space and Abstraction in the Work of Santiago Calatrava

Twice I have had the pleasure of seeing the work of Spanish architect Santiago Calatrava in person. The first time was the Milwaukee Art Museum. The city of Milwaukee takes its name from a native ...

Agnes Pelton, The Unsung Visionary Painter of the Sublime

A two-year, traveling retrospective of the work of Agnes Pelton will soon open at the Whitney Museum of American Art, re-introducing contemporary New Yorkers to an esoteric abstract artist who onc...

Give the Gift of Abstract Art This Christmas!

As the premier online gallerists for contemporary abstraction, we at IdeelArt are passionate about the meaning and beauty to be found in abstract art. It is an honor for us to be able to represent...

Mnuchin Gallery Thinks It's Time You Heard About Mary Lovelace O'Neal

Mnuchin Gallery in New York recently announced it will present Chasing Down the Image, a solo exhibition tracing the entire career of Mary Lovelace O’Neal, in early 2020. This is great news for fa...

One (More) Word About Maurizio Cattelan’s “Comedian”

In the name of abstract art I say, “Thank you, Maurizio Cattelan. And bravo!” An Italian artist known for making hyper-realistic artworks, Cattelan has received ample scorn of late from critics, j...

7 Times Abstract Art and Artists Were Featured on US Stamps

The United States has issued thousands of postage stamps over the course of its history. Hundreds have featured images of important artists and artworks, and a respectable number of those US stamp...

Remembering Emilio Vedova, a leader of Arte Informale

This winter in Milan, Italy, the Palazzo Reale will host an exhibition celebrating what would have been the 100th birthday of the Italian abstract painter Emilio Vedova, who died in 2006. Born in ...

Finding Contemporary Insights in the Art of Leon Polk Smith

In the 1940s, the American artist Leon Polk Smith pioneered a unique abstract visual language that added curvilinear properties to the flattened planes and simplified geometry of Neoplasticism. An...

The Most Important Collection of Latin American Abstract Art Opens at MoMA

The Colección Patricia Phelps de Cisneros (CPPC) has become recognized as the largest and most influential collection of Latin American abstract art in the world. In 2016, its founder Patricia Phe...

Can MIT's Latest Blackest Black End an Artist Feud?

The race towards total blackness has hit another milestone: in collaboration with the MIT Center for Art, Science and Technology, German-born conceptual artist Diemut Strebe has created the blacke...

Female Abstract Artists Finally Get in The Much-Overdue Spotlight

The Katonah Museum of Art in New York recently spotlighted overlooked female abstract artists from the past in an exhibition titled Sparkling Amazons: Abstract Expressionist Women of the 9th St. S...

Abstraction and Arte Povera Through The Spirit of Giuseppe Penone’s Lymph Matrix

Visitors to the Palais d’Iéna in Paris during the Foire Internationale d'Art Contemporain (FIAC) 2019 received a rare treat: the installation of Matrice di Linfa (Lymph Matrix), a 40-meter-long bi...

A World of Beauty, Science and Visual Delights-Takis On Tour

It is rare that an art exhibition gives me chills, yet it happened numerous times as I toured Takis: Sculptor of Magnetism, Light and Sound at the Tate Modern. Knowing little about the artist befo...

Behind the Scenes of Maison Matisse, Soon To Be Opened in Paris

It has been nearly 65 years since Henri Matisse died: sixty-five years since this artist who spent his career committed to the expression of beauty created anything new. This year would also have ...

Steven Parrino, The Bad Boy of the 1980s Abstract Art

The artist Steven Parrino never made a living off of his art. He died in 2005, so you could be forgiven for thinking recent press reports that Parrino is “enjoying an art market renaissance” are a...

Artist in Spotlight - Cyril Lancelin

French artist Cyril Lancelin makes hybrid sculptures that might make a person question whether there is really any difference between art, architecture and toys. Lancelin is a specialist in specta...

Pierre Soulages Celebrates His 100 Birthday at The Louvre

Born on Christmas Eve in Rodez, a small town in the South of France, the French abstract painter Pierre Soulages has turned out to be a very special gift to the world. Indeed, The Musée du Louvre ...

Sennelier – Art and Invention in One of the Oldest Art Supply Stores in Europe

Have you ever stood in front of a masterpiece and wondered about the origin of its parts—the canvas, the stretcher bars, or the paint? The Sennelier art store in Paris has been selling high qualit...

Hans Hartung's Triumphant Return to Paris, Courtesy MAM

On 11 October 2019, the Musée d’Art Moderne de Paris (MAM) will re-open, following a year-long renovation, with Hans Hartung: La fabrique du geste, a large-scale retrospective tracing the entire c...

How Ken Kelleher Digitally Reimagines Public Spaces with Abstract Art

Ken Kelleher is one of the most misunderstood artists of our time. Most people who claim to be fans of his work do not even seem to know exactly what it is that he does. Trained as a sculptor at A...