This type of art often seems confusing or even random to the average viewer. Abstract art has a bad reputation. For many ...

A new study reveals that famous abstract art may follow hidden mathematical patterns linked to human perception.

A mathematical method borrowed from topology can reveal structural properties of visual art that correspond to how people ...

Mathematicians have calculated a “golden rule” for abstract art that famous artists tend to follow when they compose their ...

Paintings by Hilma af Klint from the 'SUW Series Group IX. Part 1' (1914-15) at Tate Modern Roses and irises appear alongside leaves, shells, spirals, overlapping and concentric circles, curlicues and ...

Walk into any contemporary gallery in Las Vegas, and you'll likely encounter a canvas splashed with colors that seem to defy logic. No recognizable shapes. No obvious subject. Just pure, raw visual ...

Transformation showing the decomposition of an image in terms of persistent homology cycles.