Researchers studying people's brain activity when looking at abstract art have revealed why we interpret blobs of paint on canvas so differently.When you look at an abstract painting, study it for a ...

“People untrained in visual art see more than they realize when looking at abstract expressionist paintings. People may say that a child could have made a work by a recognized abstract ...

04/08/2025 April 8, 2025. Researchers studying people's brain activity when looking at abstract art have revealed why we interpret blobs of paint on canvas so differently.

Unlike specific kinds of art like portraits or landscapes, which our eyes might tend to view in specific ways, abstract paintings offer a kind of blank slate for observing how we see. [Image ...

Normally, people's reactions to art are considered subjective -- Munch's The Scream might instill a foreboding anxiety in you, but do absolutely nothing for your friend. However, artist Wassily ...

Researchers at Columbia's Zuckerman Institute found that people's brain activity varied more when viewing abstract art, as compared with representational art.

Visiting an art museum could change how we think about our lives, according to researchers. A University of Cambridge study found people's ability to think in abstract ways was boosted by admiring ...

Modern art has many different meanings, interpretations, love and hate feelings, and much more. There are people who simply adore the painting, the abstract-ness, and the imagination that goes ...

Abstract art from a new angle: a promise which the brand-new privately funded Museum Reinhard Ernst has delivered on since June 2024. Showing works by international greats such as Helen ...