In the local art scene, abstract art is one of those art forms that provides a lot of uncharted ground to explore and ana­lyse. Despite being one of the dominant international art forms of the modern ...
In the aftermath of World War II, abstract expressionism burst onto the art scene as a defiant rejection of traditional forms and conventions. Artists like Jackson Pollock and Willem de Kooning ...
Free-flowing, borderless and unconventional, abstract expression is a journey artists undertake after various experiences. Distancing their practice from the objective referents of everyday life, they ...
It is packed with thrilling works by Pollock, Rothko and the rest, but this major exhibition is also overloaded and erratic – with little space for female artists There are beautiful, marvellous and ...
The Royal Academy’s major new autumn exhibition, Abstract Expressionism, opened this week – and it’s the first major survey of the movement that’s been staged in Europe since 1959. The artworks might ...
Born in post-war New York, Abstract Expressionism was a watershed moment in the evolution of 20th-century art which redefined the nature of painting. Yet, remarkably, there has been no major survey of ...
In recent years, both internationally and in Malta, the art scene has witnessed a marked rise in the number of self-taught or informally trained individuals who turn to abstract painting or loosely ...
Simply sign up to the Life & Arts myFT Digest -- delivered directly to your inbox. Outstanding, astounding, filled with thrills but also with melancholy, Abstract Expressionism at the Royal Academy is ...
There are stand-out works from some of the movement’s greatest artists — but this show is a mess with nothing fresh to say, writes Matthew Collings The Standard's journalism is supported by our ...