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Creating a Feeling that Resonates with the Viewer – A Conversation With Artist David Hardy

In the latest edition of our interview series, we once again dive into the world of minimalist aesthetics. In inspiring conversations with creative minds from the fields of architecture, design, and art, we explore how they are guided by their vision and how they express it in their works. Along...

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Creating a Feeling that Resonates with the Viewer – A Conversation With Artist David Hardy

Minimalist Art

A curated selection from the world of minimalist art.

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Art Editorials

Beyond the Surface: The Complexity of Minimalist Art

Until the beginning of the 20th century, art served primarily as a mere representation of...

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6 Emerging Minimalist Artists To Keep An Eye On

The Minimal Art movement from the 1960s changed the art world. It was born a...

Minimalist Art in a black frame | Aesence

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Does art with intention sell better?

Today I would like to invite you to think together about the way we perceive...

William McKeown, Untitled, 2008, Oil on linen, 45 × 45.5 cm © The Artist, Image Courtesy Casey Kaplan Gallery New York

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William McKeown – Minimalist Dialogue With Nature

William McKeown (1962 – 2011) was a significant painter, watercolorist, and draughtsman from Northern Ireland....

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22 April → 27 June 2026	Ha Chong-Hyun	Almine Rech Brussels	More Info
01 May → 27 June 2026	John Zurier ‘along – between’	Galerie Nordenhake Berlin	More Info
04 June → 10 July 2026	Ann Purcell: The Seventies	Berry Campbell	More Info

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Steingrímur Gauti in his studio. Photography by Eva Schram

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Between Precision and Serendipity – A Conversation With Artist Jean Philippe Lagouarde

Minimalist Art & Design News

Aesthetic Paper: Brain Region Holds the Key to Aesthetic Judgment

Why do I find something beautiful and aesthetic? A topic that has fascinated and inspired me for years. A study by the Max Planck Institute for Empirical Aesthetics has found something amazing,...

Head and neck from a marble figure, Early Cycladic II, 2700–2500 BCE, Marble, 6.6 cm x 3.8 cm, The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY, USA and Public Domain

Is Cycladic Art the Origin of Minimalist Aesthetics?

The assumption that a minimalist and abstract aesthetic is a style of the modern era seems plausible at first glance. But what inspired artists of that time to reduce their works so...

How the Mere-Exposure-Effect affects our perception of aesthetics

In conversations with designer and artist friends, I’ve been talking a lot lately about how everything looks the same right now. The same colors and shapes are everywhere. Sure, if something is...

An abstract, reduced, minimalist painting, created with Midjourney. Even if I don't like it, why should it bother me?

Minimalist Art and Its Critics: Emotional Responses to “Emotionless” Art

Art is controversial, and art with a minimalist aesthetic is particularly so. Of course, what you like is subjective – I’ve written about that often enough. But abstract, minimalist art holds a...

Does Minimalist Art Always Look the Same?

I recently had a thought-provoking conversation about minimalist art. My counterpart, a collector of figurative...

Beyond the Surface: The Complexity of Minimalist Art

Until the beginning of the 20th century, art served primarily as a mere representation of...

Abstract Minimalist Painting, created with Midjourney

Is It Possible to Feel an Emotional Connection to AI-Generated Art?

Lately, artificial intelligence (AI) has significantly expanded its influence on the art world. Not only...

Black Minimalist Chair, Image created with Midjourney

Does Minimalist Design Mean a Loss of Identity?

“Less is more” – this phrase coined by Mies van der Rohe has long established...

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