The Ghost Drawings and Blot Paintings that Came Before Modern Art Early experiments in spirit-guided and automatic art contributed to the rise of abstract and visionary movements ...

A Connecticut man is poised to make millions after he found hundreds of artworks by an abstract artist known as “New York’s wrapper” in a dumpster.

Let’s just go ahead and declare 2014 a big year for William J. O’Brien, an artist known not only for his spirited ceramic sculptures but also, increasingly, for his abstract drawings and collages.