Art historian explains why truly ‘reading’ Mark Rothko’s abstract paintings makes people cry
You walk into a museum, turn a corner, and there it is: a giant canvas with two or…
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Vassily Kandinsky – Composition 8 (1923). This type of art often seems confusing or even random to the…
Explore abstract works by Richter, Shiraga, Riopelle and Hodgkin
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From Blue Poles to Gina Rinehart, the most controversial artworks in Australia
“Never had such a picture moved and disturbed the Australian public.” That’s art historian Patrick McCaughey, speaking at…