Hyperallergic

When a Pine Tree Falls in a Museum

Katharina Grosse, “I Think This Is a Pine Tree” (2013) at Berlin’s Hamburger Banhof Museum for Contemporary Art (all images courtesy the artist) BERLIN — In a large room, three tree trunks lie ...
The Guardian

Abstract art unlocks the truth about the universe

Great abstract painters like Pollock and Monet lose themselves in colour, sensation and memory to show that reality is subjective Abstract art is a kind of miracle. How can a painting that is just a ...
Discover Magazine

A child couldn’t paint that – can people tell abstract art from a child’s or chimp’s work?

Explore how people perceive abstract expressionist art and can distinguish it from children's and animal paintings, despite initial doubts. If you wander through New York’s Museum of Modern Art, ...
CNN

Trees in art, as well as life, often follow simple mathematical rules, study finds

Sign up for CNN’s Wonder Theory science newsletter. Explore the universe with news on fascinating discoveries, scientific advancements and more. Trees depicted in ...
The New Criterion

On the “Spiritual in Art” in Los Angeles

The exhibition called “The Spiritual in Art: Abstract Painting 1890–1985,” which Maurice Tuchman has organized with the assistance of Judi Freeman at the Los Angeles County Museum of Art, is the kind ...