take a look at our guide on how to download Photoshop so you have the tools to make your op art or check out our guide to the best monitors for graphic artists. Sometimes the best optical ...

The brightness or color in the background of the image alters our ... after seeing it in the book "Optical Art: Theory and Practice" (Beekman House, 1969). A pair of straight vertical lines ...

“Optical art is this year’s dress length,” says ... Some examine the way a single color looks darker than it is against a lighter background. Some, like Steele, place contrasting shapes ...

One genre in particular stands out—optical illusions ... camouflaged by lines and textures that blend seamlessly into the background. What makes this illusion—and others like it—so ...

Jesús Rafael Soto plays a starring role in Artnet Auctions' Contemporary Editions sale with five dynamic works.

When Art Ashkin, Steve Chu, and their colleagues at Bell Labs in Holmdel, NJ, first invented optical tweezers, they spent their days pushing around tiny, glass spheres. But it wasn't long after their ...

A Facebook page called Minion Quotes recently shared this optical illusion, which shows a flock of happy white ducks scattered across a bright yellow background. At first glance, the picture ...

A good teacher can inspire students, but the classroom can be a two-way street. "That is one of the most magical moments, is just that spark," Dallas ISD Arthur Kramer Elementary School art ...

With a background in the 1980s Parisian graffiti ... he moved towards the optical-art form of kinetics. His work focuses on not only visual effects but also vibrations and cognitive perception.