Researchers studying people’s brain activity when looking at abstract art have revealed why we interpret blobs of paint on canvas so differently.

How our brains react to art It's in the different ways we interpret art that gives scientists clues about our individual minds, and how the brain constructs subjective experiences. For the study ...

These paintings are both by the Dutch artist Piet Mondrian but display strikingly different styles. The house on the left is representational; the colorful squares on the right are more abstract. In a ...

Before dying in 2021, Alvin Lucier donated blood for "Revivification," an installation that generates sound in response to ...

Researchers studying people's brain activity when looking at abstract art have revealed why we interpret blobs of paint on canvas so differently. When you look at an abstract painting, study it in ...