Luckily, it doesn't ask to be. Art tends to be inseparable from its socio-political and historical context, yet abstract art favours non-objective form, prioritising raw emotion over all else.

Now it’s all about prints, and in particular, abstract styles. Many artists, illustrators and printmakers are making their unique pieces into digital prints ready to be framed.

They were asked to evaluate 18 paintings by abstract expressionist artists paired with 18 similar paintings done by preschoolers or zoo animals (chimps, apes, monkeys, and gorillas, in this case).