What was up with Piet Mondrian and those kisses? Among the discoveries in a new biography of the pioneering abstract painter by Nicholas Fox Weber, “Mondrian: His Life, His Art, His Quest for the ...

The same is true of the Dutch-born painter Piet Mondrian (1872-1944). His grids and super-luminous yellows, reds and whites are instantly identifiable. Nicholas Fox Weber’s new biography ...

Piet Mondrian fled the Netherlands to make art in Paris, London and New York. He was drawn to the excitement of urban life ...

Piet Mondrian’s impact on his contemporaries was ... obsessive self-denial made his eldest son decide to dedicate both life and art to the pursuit of pure pleasure. But although young Pieter ...

In "Espectro en Rojo," a geometric grouping of color and shape fills the composition. Interspersed among the boxy shapes are stylized elements that appear figural, reminiscent of ancient form.

The 1920s was a period of cultural revolution that came soon after the traumatic events of World War I. The mass-scale ...

Piet the Fox Piet Mondrian's story, explored in Nicholas Fox Weber's "Mondrian: His Life, His Art, His Quest for the Absolute" (Knopf), offers another perspective on the artist-market relationship.

Art, as a mirror of society, evolves dynamically over time . Movements, or ldquo;isms rdquo;, influence one another through reactions, innovations, and reinterpretations .

For the culturally curious traveller, here’s a tour of Switzerland, one art museum at a time. Photography fans, art lovers ...

The artist’s new Joburg exhibition has drips and smears – it can scare you – but it can also make you feel light ...

However, regardless of these early influences, Piet Mondrian is most famous for pioneering ... remained by Labille-Guiard’s ...

The Record sat down with Mariët Westermann ’84, the new director and CEO of the Guggenheim, at her kitchen table in Williamstown to discuss her journey from the College to the one of the world’s most ...