Founded in 1960 by the critic Pierre Restany, artists associated with nouveau réalism (which translates as ‘new realism’) made extensive use of collage and assemblage as well as painting.

De Stijl was a circle of Dutch abstract artists who promoted a style of art based on a strict geometry of horizontals and verticals ...

A visit to a museum or art gallery can sometimes be an overwhelming experience. With so many works on display, trying to see everything can feel like a race against the clock. Studies have found that ...

In 1932, Pablo Picasso (1881–1973) was not yet half-way through his career. After years of poverty as a young artist in Barcelona, he had moved to Paris at the turn of the twentieth century and, by ...

Franz Kline’s Meryon of 1960–1 (Tate T00926; fig.1) is a large-format, vertically oriented abstract oil painting on canvas that was executed in the particular bold gestural style and black and white ...

This paper examines the notion of the contemporary technological sublime, and asks what sublime affect means in the context of contemporary digital technologies such as video games. It argues that the ...

We know it’s a hard name to pronounce. Try it like this: Pre-raf-e-light. Got it? Great! The Pre-Raphaelites were a group of artists in the Victorian era. They believed art should be as similar to the ...