Abstract art has its roots in early human civilisation ... a night scene composed mostly of black with only a few flashes of colour. It was so heavily criticised by John Ruskin, the leading ...

Colors and shapes are a primal language, Osi Audu, a Nigerian-American artist, said. It makes sense then that while his work is a contemporary response to traditional African art, he isn’t looking to ...

Artists and philosophers have long tried to answer such questions, including what art means. Now, scientists are having a go.