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Pop! Art

Jeff Koons’s Latest Collaboration with BMW Is Inspired by Pop Art

Automobile brands have been ramping up their projects with artists in recent years.
By Helen Holmes

What Kylie Jenner’s Inflatable Jeff Koons Dolphin Says About Her Taste in Art

There's something playful and childlike about both Koons and Jenner, buried deep beneath layers of capitalist pop art.
By Helen Holmes
Installation view of Gilberto Zorio's exhibition at Castello di Rivoli.

Why Is the Art Market Suddenly Going Crazy for Arte Povera—50 Years Later?

Literally translating to “poor art,” the phrase Arte Povera underscored these artists' use of cheap, industrial and organic materials, in a reaction to the glossy Pop Art of the time.
By Margaret Carrigan
The bidding auction for Andy Warhol’sBrillo Box at Christie’s.

The Epic Journey of a $3M Warhol ‘Brillo Box’ Comes to HBO in New Documentary

By Alanna Martinez
Robert Rauschenberg exhibition, Venice Biennale, June 21, 1964.

Documentary to Explore Robert Rauschenberg’s Controversial 1964 Venice Biennale Win

By Alanna Martinez
Eric Blum, DEVO in their signature hazmat suits, 1978.

Mark Mothersbaugh’s Singular Artistic Vision

By David D'Arcy
James Rosenquist poses on May 12, 2004 in front of his painting 'Elect President'.

Pop Artist James Rosenquist Dies at 83

By Alanna Martinez
Andy Warhol.

Andy Warhol’s Panties Go on Sale, Urine Attack Closes US Photographer’s Moscow Show

By Alanna Martinez
Jared Leto arrives to the 2015 Vanity Fair Oscar Party February 22, 2015 in Beverly Hills, California.

Jared Leto Will Play Andy Warhol, Broad Museum’s Blockbuster Attendance

By Alanna Martinez
A mural by Banksy in Calais, France. (Photo: courtesy the artist's website, banksy.co.uk)

Banksy Surprises UK School With Mural, Tourist Elbows a Warhol

By Alanna Martinez
Japanese artist Megumi Igarashi with one of her "Manko-chan" sculptures.

Japan’s Vagina Artist Pens Manga Memoir About…Surprise! Vaginas

By Alanna Martinez
Ashish Gupta SS16

I Sell Paintings Just to Buy Ashish Gupta’s Amazing Beaded Clothing

By Ashley Longshore
Japanese artist Megumi Igarashi, who calls herself Rokude Nashiko -- offensive slang which loosely translates as "reprobate child" -- shows small mascots shaped to represent a vagina, at a press conference after the first hearing of her trial in Tokyo on April 15, 2015. Igarashi, who has created genital-inspired artworks and was arrested last December on obscenity charges for distributing 3D scans of her own genitals, plead not guilty during the first hearing of her trial at the Tokyo district court.

Japan Finds Vagina Artist Guilty of Violating Obscenity Laws

By Alanna Martinez
Chair, (1969).

Allen Jones Loves Women, But Can Women Love His Art?

By Alanna Martinez
Barkley L. Hendricks, JohnWayne, 2015.

7 New York Gallery Shows You’ll Flip For This Spring

By Ryan Steadman
Pop Artist Nelson de la Nuez

King of Pop Art: Nelson de la Nuez Celebrates at Bagatelle L.A.

By Eliza Krpoyan
Erro's "Poutine et Myley Cyrus," 2014.

European Pop Art, More Political Than Ours, Returns With Erro at Perrotin

By Anthony Haden-Guest
Violette's 'Not Yet Titled (Three Chairs)'

Overlooked Art Assistants Finally Get Their Due

By Kat Herriman
Evelyne Axell, Ice Cream, (1964). (Photo: Philadelphia Museum of Art via Facebook)

Philadelphia Museum of Art Pushes Back Against Yet More Facebook Censorship

By Alanna Martinez
Will Rhodes, Technology Has Transformed Bodily Movement, 2015. (Courtesy Eyebeam and Pioneer Works)

12 Things to Do in New York’s Art World Before February 5

By Paul Laster
LACMA’s new prize: Mrs. Cazalet and Children Edward & Victor (1900-01) by John Singer Sargent. (Photo: Promised gift of Barbra Streisand in honor of the museum’s 50th anniversary)

Barbra Streisand’s Birthday Present to an LA Museum, and Other Big Donor Deals

By Daniel Grant

One of These Beatles Could’ve Been the Next Jackson Pollock (No, Not Pete Best)

By Ryan Steadman
Warhol Skateboard Triptych Gold Marilyn Monroe, 2015. (Courtesy of The Skateroom and ©/®/TM The Andy Warhol Foundation for the Visual Arts, Inc.)

Zoom: MoMA Launches Line of Warhol Skateboards

By Paul Laster
Karl Wirsum, “Harry Kari’s Arms Exchange,” 1976. (Photo: Courtesy of Derek Eller Gallery)

Grand Funk: Karl Wirsum’s Pioneering Art from the 1970s

By Ryan Steadman
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