In the 1990s, Rebecca Morris began to search for methods of constructing abstract paintings in surprising ways. And constructing is the operative term — as are synonyms like building, fabricating and ...

The bidding on the Jean-Paul Riopelle abstract painting Composition at the Heffel auction Wednesday started off at $500,000. Going up in increments of $25,000, it quickly bounced to $575,000. But then ...

Abstract artist Piet Mondrian’s masterpiece, Composition No. II, is expected to achieve more than US$50 million at a Sotheby’s auction in November. The square painting, created in 1930, features the ...

Oct. 6 (UPI) --A painting by Piet Mondrian, a Dutch painter and early pioneer of abstract art, is expected to garner more than $50 million in an auction next month. Mondrian's signature black grid ...

Here’s an old question that I find is still alive for a lot of people: How do you look at an abstract painting? Are you meant to just immerse yourself in the wordless presence of its colors? Or does ...