Over three decades, Southern Californian Frank Mitzel added 60 to 70 pop art pieces to a vibrant personal collection. Next month, it will make its public debut at the Museum of Contemporary Art San ...

“Flying Pizza” by Claes Oldenburg from “New York Ten,” 1964. (Photo by Pablo Mason/MCASD) Pop Art — a movement that challenged artistic convention in the 1960s — is the focus of a major exhibition ...

Pop Art emerged at a pivotal moment when mass consumption and communication strategies were just beginning to take shape, capturing the “inevitable phenomenon” of postwar American pop culture and its ...

Among the many major movements of the 20th century, Pop art remains one of the most influential today, remaining highly sought after by collectors and a continual source of inspiration to new ...

The allure of a Catholic nun creating striking graphic silkscreens that embodied the 1960s peace and love ethos was irresistible. In 1967, Corita Kent made the cover of Newsweek Magazine. Artist ...

Corita Kent, also known as Sister Mary Corita, was once famous. In December 1967, the then-L.A.-based artist made the cover of Newsweek and the banner in the upper right corner read, “The Nun: Going ...

The “first girl artist with glamour.” So said Andy Warhol in 1964 of his Pop art contemporary and friend Marisol. Cringeworthy now, the notoriously image-conscious Warhol likely meant it as a ...

Explore how Kraftwerk became one of the most influential pop groups of all time. This documentary explores how a group of reclusive Rhineland experimentalists became one of the most influential pop ...

Known as the tough guy in a scene that produced David Hockney and others, he filled his paintings with gleaming car parts and sex symbols. Some of them landed on album covers. By Alex Williams Peter ...