Abstract Art

What Was the First Abstract Artwork?

Compare Hilma af Klint, Kandinsky, Kupka and Malevich—and discover why creation date, public exhibition and historical influence produce different answers.

What Was the First Abstract Artwork?

Compare Hilma af Klint, Kandinsky, Kupka and Malevich—and discover why creation date, public exhibition and historical influence produce different answers.

Lyrical Abstraction: Origins, Artists and Techn...

Understand lyrical abstraction through its postwar origins, key European artists, techniques and dialogue with American Abstract Expressionism.

Lyrical Abstraction: Origins, Artists and Techn...

Understand lyrical abstraction through its postwar origins, key European artists, techniques and dialogue with American Abstract Expressionism.

Op Art: Perception, Illusion and the Art of Seeing

How Op Art uses geometry, contrast and colour to make still images move, from Vasarely and Riley to Soto and Anuszkiewicz.

Op Art: Perception, Illusion and the Art of Seeing

How Op Art uses geometry, contrast and colour to make still images move, from Vasarely and Riley to Soto and Anuszkiewicz.

Surrealism and Abstract Art: An Odyssey Through...

Understand how Surrealism and abstract art differ and intersect, and how they transformed modern art—from Breton and automatism to Dalí, Magritte, Miró and Pollock.

Surrealism and Abstract Art: An Odyssey Through...

Understand how Surrealism and abstract art differ and intersect, and how they transformed modern art—from Breton and automatism to Dalí, Magritte, Miró and Pollock.