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10-Minute Challenge: ‘The Seasons’ by Lee Krasner

By Larry Buchanan

April 6, 2025

Today, we bring you another focus challenge, in which we invite you to spend uninterrupted time looking at one piece of art. (These are published on the first Monday of each month. Sign up here if you’d like to be notified.)

This is the ninth piece in the series, but it’s the first time we’ve asked you to look at abstract art. As such, you may find it challenging to stay for the full 10 minutes. Try to persevere. It may help you value art like this in real life, especially if, as with many of us, abstract art hasn’t resonated with you in the past.

Think about these questions as you look:

In a basic sense, what do you see? No wrong answers here.

Try to follow a single line through the painting. What does that tell you about how the work was made?

Does the art evoke any feelings in you? If so, do they change as you spend more time with the work?

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