Have you ever looked at a Jackson Pollock painting and thought “I could do this”? According to researchers at the University of Oregon, you might be wrong about that – unless you happen to be a child.

‘A child could have done that’ is modern art’s most banal criticism, but in the case of Jackson Pollock, the cynics are actually right. The US artist of the abstract expressionist movement was the ...

What makes art art? Is it the method or the creator? Does it need a color palette and oil paints, or a canvas laid flat on the floor and paint splattered across it? Does it require a critically ...

Not everyone appreciates the artistry of Jackson Pollock’s famous drip paintings, with some dismissing them as something any child could create. While Pollock’s work is undeniably more sophisticated ...

The granddaughter of late legendary actor Steve McQueen has launched a legal war aimed at repossessing a $70million Jackson Pollock painting she claims was stolen from the King of Cool, ...

Famed American painter Jackson Pollock’s large-format work Number1A, 1948 uses a vibrant shade of blue that had previously been unknown. Researchers analyzed paint directly from the canvas on display ...

Scientists have identified the origins of the blue color in one of Jackson Pollock's paintings with a little help from chemistry, confirming for the first time that the abstract expressionist used a ...

This is read by an automated voice. Please report any issues or inconsistencies here. Scientists used laser analysis to identify the mysterious blue color in a Jackson Pollock painting: It is ...

Jackson Pollock was a famous American painter best known for his abstract expressionism, including the “drip and splash” and the “all-over” style of painting (which look exactly like they sound). Now ...

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Jackson Pollock’s famous painting Number 1A, 1948 looms large, both physically (it measures 172.7 by 264.2 cm) and in the history of modern art. But the blue pigment that Pollock used in the painting ...

Scientists have identified the origins of the blue color in one of Jackson Pollock's paintings with a little help from chemistry, confirming for the first time that the abstract expressionist used a ...