Amy Sillman is an influential contemporary American painter whose practice conflates the abstract and the figurative into large-scale, gestural oil paintings ... and writes on the work of other ...

New York is a city that quickly cycles through artistic trends, so it's been surprising that figurative painting has hung on for the better part of a decade. But now, there are signs that abstraction ...

As if splashed onto the wall with a monumental brush, Anne von Freyburg’s installations visualize fabric as gestural, ...

The artist is inspired by the scenic landscapes of Sydney’s northern beaches (where she lives) as well as prominent names in abstract art ... process of bringing her gestural artworks to life ...

Toko Shinoda is a Japanese artist known for sumi ink paintings ... Influenced by American Abstract Expressionists like Jackson Pollock, Shinoda’s work is characterized by a loose, gestural style and ...

The Obama Presidential Center has commissioned new site-specific works by the artists Spencer Finch and Lindsay Adams for ...

Abstract art is a significant tradition in the art world that deliberately does not aim to depict visual reality accurately. Instead, it utilizes shapes, colors, forms, and gestural marks to ...

Val Kilmer, a fiercely original actor and visual artist, has died at age 65. He was best known for his electrifying performances in Top Gun, The ...