The Department of Contemporary Art coordinates some of the most important auctions at DESA Unicum. Every year we organise more than 10 auctions thematically divided into 5 categories: Classics of the ...

Julian Stanczak, a leading member of the Op Art movement and influential professor of art, died at his home in Seven Hills, Ohio on March 25. Stanczak was widely known for his vividly-colored canvases ...

Eye-popping, vertigo-inducing paintings, plug-in artworks with moving parts—these were all the rage back in the 1960s. At that time, illusionistic abstract works appeared on the walls of major museums ...

Scientists did not invent the vast majority of visual illusions. Rather they are the products of artists who have used their insights into the workings of the human eyes and brain to create illusions ...

An Op art sculptor known for his use of nonart materials such as plexiglas, Mon Levinson died at age 88 in Manhattan on March 25, reports the New York Times. His work was unique in its merging of ...