Asis made "16 cercles" in 1965, a year after the phrase "op art" was coined by Time magazine to describe patterned paintings that presented optical illusions.

At the square root of op art are the essentially static visual phenomena that enslave and enthrall the eye. The op artist’s job is to turn those illusions into sleights of art.

Richard Anuszkiewicz was a contemporary American artist best known for his mesmerizing Op Art paintings. Anuszkiewicz's works are saturated with vibrant color arranged in jarring geometric abstract ...

Since the 1960s, artists throughout Northeast Ohio have experimented with geometric abstraction and Op Art. Many local contemporary artists continue to advance the genre in new and unexpected ...

Mazzoleni Art gallery has 10 of the artists works for sale in “Einstein in the Sky with Diamonds,” through December 16—including two paintings which have been part of a decades-long dispute ...

Art & Exhibitions A New Show at Selfridges Introduces an Internet-Addled Generation to the Op Art of Victor Vasarely (Don’t Worry, There Are NFTs Too) Proceeds from the sales will help fund the ...

Art critics who had enthused about Abstract Expressionism found Op too cold and clinical; other viewers saw the movement as a sort of groovy application of science. Riley and her 1964 painting ...

Photoshop tutorial showing how to create an authentic, OP ART digital painting based on the masterworks of Victor Vasarely.