Another 19th Century painter who anticipated abstract art was James Abbott McNeill Whistler. He based his compositions on ideas of visual harmony as well as the relationship between art and music.

Colors and shapes are a primal language, Osi Audu, a Nigerian-American artist, said. It makes sense then that while his work is a contemporary response to traditional African art, he isn’t looking to ...

Most recently though, it’s been aesthetic abstract nail designs living rent-free inside ... The effect: 10 digits that double as mini works of art. Similar to the dreamy, calm, almost treacle ...