In the last 30 years ”lyrical abstraction” has been a term that never has inspired much agreement. The French applied it to at least two different kinds of painting and the Americans added their own ...

PARIS (AFP) ― The French artist Georges Mathieu, who from the 1940s pioneered the movement known as lyrical abstraction, has died aged 91, his family said Tuesday. Georges Victor Mathieu ...

Painterly bands of light brown and gold, like a field of wheat, are interrupted by two thin lines of deep yellow and umber in this lyrical canvas by David Sorensen. Through his painterly modern ...

The modern Korean art world hails Kim Whanki (1913-74), who forged his legacy through pointillist paintings awash with an infinite constellation of dots, as one of the country's greatest abstract ...

Not every person in the art world can pinpoint the moment that pulled them into the industry—but Daniel Templon can. The venerable French gallerist says it happened in 1965. Templon came across a ...

Cubism, impressionism, expressionism and... Is there anything else? Many artistic currents did not achieve such renown, but were undoubtedly central to the development of 20th-century avant-garde art.

Speaking of reception to Saito’s work in the greater art market, Artnet Auctions’ Co-Head of Post-War and Contemporary Martina Batovic commented, “There is increasing demand in the market for works by ...