PARIS — Felice Varini’s environmental paintings can only be experienced in architectural space. A geometric abstract painter, his site-specific works are in the vein of Daniel Buren and Niele Toroni’s ...

Lightness perception, the visual system’s ability to maintain a stable representation of surface reflectance despite varying illumination, has long intrigued researchers. Central to this field is the ...

German artist Peter Kogler projects large-scale illusions on the inside and outside of buildings, stadiums, bridges and other extensions in space. The result is a stunning combination of visuals and ...

In 2011, researchers Jason Tangen, Sean Murphy, and Matthew Thompson at the University of Queensland discovered a striking visual illusion while preparing a set of face images for a study. As they ...