In his preface to Abstract Art: A Global History—arriving this month from Thames & Hudson—Joseph Low (“Pepe”) Karmel, a professor of art history at New York University, writes that the goal of the ...

Big subjects deserve to be rewarded with big books whose authors know how to do them full justice. Abstraction is a massive theme, especially when it is explored – as this volume’s subtitle assures us ...

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