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.

Artists and philosophers have long tried to answer such questions, including what art means. Now, scientists are having a go. A new study has analysed what happens in people’s brains when they look at ...

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 ...

An abstract painter and visual artist known professionally as K.I.A., Andersen has spent the last decade experimenting with what he calls “weather work,” working alongside natural winter ...

He wanted to delve deeper into the world of FPGAs, so [Mike] figured the best way to do so would be to use one to program a Mandelbrot fractal engine. He started out with a goal of creating a 640 ...