Generations: 150 years of Sculpture” demonstrates the Nasher Sculpture Center's extraordinary range and depth of modern works ...

In an age of climate reckoning and ecological urgency, the relationship between art and nature is undergoing a quiet but ...

Carl Smith discovered his artistic gift while working at Birmingham Water Works, now his wooden creations sell for thousands ...

The walls of the Iowa City Parks Department lobby and offices are lined with intricate quilts that use colorful fabrics to ...

requiring a focused contemplation of the nature of beauty." The group who were asked to judge the art's beauty demonstrated more abstract thinking, compared with the group who simply looked at it.

"Our research indicates that engaging with the beauty of art can enhance abstract thinking and promote ... requiring a focused contemplation of the nature of beauty." Participants were randomly ...

A metal-roofed, barnlike structure soon comes into view and, beside it, a 25-foot, abstract black ... Tippet Rise is a place where art enhances the experience of nature. Here, the art is intended ...

Instead, Audu lets his abstract art speak for itself ... That’s something I found intriguingly fascinating about the nature of consciousness.” Audu, who is from Nigeria but now lives ...

The result is artworks that not only look visually similar to nature's intricate textures, but entice the audience to touch and feel it too. That makes the whole experience a sensory one.

She now sits as one of the leading abstract painters of her generation, shaping the future of abstract art alongside a new wave of young ... rather they’re illuminating new possibilities in the nature ...

“As you abstract away details and still want viewers ... We should soak up the aesthetic qualities of trees — whether this is in nature or in art.” ...