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 ...
“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 ...
NASA invited artist Robert Rauschenberg to Cape Kennedy, Florida, for the launch of Apollo 11, the first manned spaceflight to the moon, in July 1969, hoping that the experience would inspire him to ...
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 ...
“Love the moment, and the energy of that moment will spread beyond all boundaries.” If you survived the 1960s, you know Sister Corita Kent. She was a Pop Art sensation. On posters and murals, Kent’s ...
Stepping foot into Rob DePiazza's house is like winding back the clock to the height of the 1960s' pop art revolution. All Andy Warhol- and Keith Haring-style prints, bold patterns, primary colors and ...
"Paris Review," a 1967 screenprint by Venezuelan American artist Marisol, is on view in the Museum of Contemporary Art San Diego exhibition "A Decade of Pop Prints and Multiples, 1962–1972: The Frank ...
As accidental adverts for art shows go, a giant pooch made of flowers is a crowd pleaser. Outside the Guggenheim Bilbao in northern Spain, Jeff Koons’ much-loved flower 1992 sculpture “Puppy,” shows ...