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Discover the oldest abstract drawing, a 73,000-year-old ochre design found in Blombos Cave that reflects ancient human cognition. It's a flake split from a larger piece of silcrete — a rock made from ...

Artists: Marina Kassianidou, linn meyers, Jason Stopa and Tim Whiten In connection with our exhibition Tim Whiten: Tools of Conveyance, join us for a hybrid panel event, Abstract drawing, between ...

The primary authors of this post are Dirk B. Walther (University of Toronto) and Claudia Damiano (KU Leuven) Have you ever stood before an abstract painting, feeling a surge of emotion but struggling ...

The world's oldest example of abstract art, dating back more than 70,000 years, has been found in a cave in South Africa. The abstract art was found on two pieces of ochre in a cave on the southern ...