But abstract art is definitely distinct from the random splatters of a child, a new study finds. In research published in the Journal of Cognition and Development, children as young as age 4 were ...

In 2007, works by a painter named Freddie Linsky were sold at the Saatchi Online Gallery. The paintings were described on the site as similar to the “spot and blotch” technique of abstract ...

Think twice about taking children to a museum housing ... steps" to repair the American painter's 1960 abstract Grey, Orange on Maroon, No. 8 painting. Those "next steps" includes searching ...

The duo wanted to test the assertion that abstract expressionist art is devoid of talent – that it could be done by a mere child, or even an animal. With keyboards and enough time, monkeys could ...

The unbreakable bonds of a mother and her child seem to share a universal appeal across abstract, folk art, photography, sculpture and paint. At a time when the museums are closed due to the COVID ...

The world of abstract art is a mystery to me, as I imagine it is for most people. When you’re talking about colorful splotches on a canvas, what invisible committee decides that one person’s ...

Her mother is adamant that Aelita names each painting unassisted ... A decade ago, there was an abstract child artist named Marla Olmstead, who by age four was similarly hailed in the Chelsea ...

Cassatt used her fame and her artwork to raise both awareness for and funds for advancing the central role women play in art, politics and society. Cassatt’s "Mother and Child in the ...

An abstract painting thought to be worth millions of pounds has been damaged by a child at a gallery in the Netherlands. The painting “Grey, Orange on Maroon, No. 8” by artist Mark Rothko was ...

And in front of both paintings, you will inevitably find visitors saying, “A child could paint that.” To which Angelina Hawley-Dolan and Ellen Winner replied: “Could they?” The duo wanted to test the ...