Visionary Artworks Plumb the Mysteries of Creativity
The self-taught artist Abraham Lincoln Walker worked in his basement on phantasmagorical paintings, discovered by the art world more than 30 years after his death.
Caroline Kent's murals transform Union Station with 'Art at Amtrak'
Artist Caroline Kent poses for a portrait at her studio in Humboldt Park. Kent is the talent behind a large, site-specific mural in Union Station and forthcoming exhibitions at the Smart Museum and ...
‘Harmony and Dissonance: Orphism in Paris, 1910-1930’ Review: A Carnival of Color
A show at the Guggenheim Museum highlights the early abstract movement, prominently featuring work by husband and wife Robert ...
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Our brain can instantly recognize trees, even in abstract art
Researchers found a hidden mathematical rule in tree-like art. Branch thickness follows a predictable ratio, making trees recognizable.
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Mathilde Denize Explores Universes of Space, Texture and Form at Perrotin
Her works reveal a rich set of references and precedents, primarily tied to early avant-garde research and, in particular, ...
Dorothy Hood, a Giant of Texas Abstraction, Gets the Dazzling New York Show She Craved
Dorothy Hood, an adventurous Texan whose enthralling abstract paintings won her great renown in the Houston art world ...
How artists and scientists see tree branches similarly
Yet only “Gray Tree” has scale-invariant branch diameters. When Mondrian removes the scale invariance in “Blooming Apple Tree ...
Art and science illuminate the same subtle proportions in tree branches
The scale invariance in branch diameter dictates how much smaller a limb should be as it branches and how much investment a tree makes in a few thick branches versus many thin ones. Trees have evolved ...