Lyrical abstraction was an artistic movement that had its heyday in the 1940s and 1950s in Europe. It emerged in France as a response to the geometric rigidity of Cubism and Constructivism.

There are art movements that are so inextricably linked to a place, like impressionism to Paris and abstract expressionism to New York City, that they are melded together in the annals of art history.

René Magritte's, "Le double secret" from 1927. As the movement celebrates it's centenary this year, a slew of galleries are hosting exhibitions.

A rt Nouveau, or "new art" in French, is an architectural and artistic movement that emerged in the late 19th century and lasted through World War II. Known for its flowing lines, organic forms ...

MCA Denver exhibit combines sculpture and performance 02:23. The Museum of Contemporary Art Denver is exhibiting "Movements Toward Freedom," which brings together 21 artists to explore what ...

NYC’s art scene is going back underground — literally. As the Big Apple’s subterranean newsstands, shoeshine parlors, barber shops and other vintage conveniences roll down their gates for ...

FKA twigs' body movement art shakes up Sotheby's. By Catarina Demony and Ben Makori. September 13, 2024 3:29 PM UTC Updated September 13, 2024 Item 1 of 5 Contact sheets of FKA ...

More narrowly defined, “Realism” is often viewed as the first modern art movement.It emerged in France in the 1840s as a rejection of traditional forms of art and literature deemed obsolete in ...

Willemijn Stokvis, the preeminent art historian on CoBrA, considers it “the last avant-garde movement of the 20th century.” This radical group, active from 1948 to 1951, named itself for the ...

People pose in front of a mural representing Muslims, Christians, Buddhists and Hindus standing side by side. A quote from Maulana Bhashani, a revered leader in Bangladesh’s liberation movement ...

It helped to popularise a new line of inquiry that radically changed the way we look at Impressionism even decades later.” The Art of Impressionism: Painting Technique and The Making of ...