But it gets even weirder, as V.S. Ramachandran, a neuroscientist, and William Hirstein, who specializes in the philosophy of the mind, explained in a popular 1999 paper titled "The Science of Art ...

Minimalist nail art is all about the fine, dainty details. Think: a single line, a small decal or two (like a heart or a flower) against a bare nail, or barely noticeable white abstract swirls on ...

The work of Byron Kim occupies a rare position within contemporary art. It deals with issues of race, but it does so by way of abstract, minimalist art. His “Synecdoche,” pictured at right, is an ...

Carmen Herrera was 106 when she died in her Manhattan loft where she had worked for more than half a century, creating a lifetime’s worth of abstract art that went almost entirely overlooked ...