Dumpster diving for abstract art By Robert Faires, Fri., Nov. 26, 2010. Tweet. ... The Austin artist spoke with the Chronicle about how he discovered abstract art on Dumpsters. Robert Faires.

A famous abstract painting by the Dutch artist Piet Mondrian has been hanging upside down in museums for more than 75 years — after it was first displayed the wrong way at the Big Apple’s ...

Before artists like Jackson Pollock and Willem de Kooning shot to fame, Janet Sobel was gaining ground as an important abstract painter — but largely disappeared from the art world.

A painting by New York abstract artist Barnett Newman sold for a record $43.8 million at Sotheby's in New York. The 8.5ft by 10ft canvas, Onement Vi, a 8.5ft by 10ft dark blue canvas with Newman's ...

Alan Cumming has been painting with his longtime chimp bestie. The Emmy-winning “The Traitors” host has collaborated on an abstract painting with Tonka, a primate who stars of HBO’s “Chimp ...

Incredible though it may seem, this Royal Academy show is Britain’s first major overview of abstract expressionism since Tate’s The New American Painting in 1959, and there’s been a lot of ...

Miami Art Week is already going ape! Pop star Pink is one of the first collectors of “ape art.” We’re told the singer purchased a $5,000 abstract painting from @rt by chimps at what’s ...