It’s rare for me to be surprised by a painting show, but I didn’t see “Taking Shape” coming. The exhibition is a generous survey of abstract art made from the 1950s to the 1980s, drawn from the ...

The amount of complexity by which a system is viewed or programmed. The higher the level, the less detail. The lower the level, the more detail. The highest level of abstraction is the entire system.

An interface between hardware and software. A hardware abstraction layer (HAL) is generally used as a common driver for peripheral devices. The application calls the operating system; the OS calls the ...

Carmen Neely, "Sometimes a painting is a prayer," installation view Credit: Courtesy of Mariane Ibrahim Carmen Neely’s large-scale abstract paintings fill Mariane Ibrahim gallery with energy—feminine, ...