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Author: Kate Kellaway Was Hilma af Klint Europe’s first abstract artist – before even Kandinsky and Mondrian? As an exhibition of her extraordinary, occult-inspired works opens at the Serpentine Gallery, London, we travel to Sweden...

Max Bill  (Swiss, 1908–1994) artist and designer who founded the Concrete Art movement. His interpretations of Constructivism through painting and sculpture, integrated the study of both geometry and mathematics into his art practice. “I am...

Camille Graeser Swiss painter CONSTRUCTIVISM Camille Graeser (1892–1980) was a Swiss painter and member of the circle of Zurich Concrete artists. He was born in Switzerland but grew up in Stuttgart, Germany where he became a furniture...

What defines modern art? Modern art includes artistic work produced during the period extending roughly from the 1860s to the 1970s, and denotes the styles and philosophy of the art produced during that era. The term is usually...

Contemporary art is the art of today, produced in the second half of the 20th century or in the 21st century. Contemporary artists work in a globally influenced, culturally diverse, and technologically advancing world. Author: KELLY RICHMAN-ABDOU Yayoi Kusama, “Yellow Pumpkin,”...

Visual arts media is the material and tools used by an artist, composer or designer to create a work of art, for example, "pen and ink" where the pen is the tool and the ink is the material. Here is a list of types of...

Lygia Pape, Brazilian visual artist. Monica Amor From the neo-concrete to the culture of the Amazons: A Multitude of Forms looks back at the Brazilian avant-gardist. Lygia Pape, Livro do tempo (Book of time), 1961–63. Tempera and acrylic on wood, 365 parts. Photo:...

Zurich Concrete artists Concrete Art/Geometric Abstraction In 1930, the Dutch artist Theo van Doesburg established art concrèt, according to which the composition of a work is to be developed based on objective geometrical principles. Although Van...

The Fantastic Four: Zurich Concrete and Special Friends BY QUINN LATIMER Richard Paul Lohse Fünfzehn systematische Farbreihen innerhalb eines symetrischen Systems (Fifteen Systematic Colour Sequences Within a Symmetrical System), 1950–65 Oil on canvas The traces, shadows and aftershocks of Concrete...

What is Drawing? Drawing is the art and technique of drawing. Through the act of drawing, an image is captured, on paper, canvas or any other material, using different techniques. Drawing is a form of graphic...

Video Art YouTube’s mission is to “give everyone a voice and show them the world.” If you’re looking for ways to make your content more inclusive and appeal to a broader audience, then you’re watching...

Breakthrough: A conversation with Fernando Cocchiarale about the exhibition “Ruptura” and the foundation of Concrete art BY CYNTHIA GARCIA Judith Lauand (1922), Espiral (Spiral), 1956, enamel paint on eucatex, 40 cm diameter. The exhibition “Ruptura” (Rupture), first presented...

Ivan Serpa Brazilian painter Ivan Ferreira Serpa was a Brazilian painter, draftsman, printmaker, designer, and educator active in the concrete art movement. Much of his work was in geometric abstractionism.  Born: April 6, 1923, Rio de Janeiro, State...

Concrete art Concrete art was an art movement with a strong emphasis on geometrical abstraction. The term was first formulated by Theo van Doesburg and was then used by him in 1930 to define the difference between his...

What is “Concrete Art?” There are several major works of Concrete Art in the Ricola Collection. The Zurich Concretists Max Bill (1908–1994), Camille Graeser (1892–1980), Verena Loewensberg (1912–1986), and Richard Paul Lohse (1902–1988) were all...