Upcoming Museum of Contemporary Art exhibit to pay homage to pop art

The Frank Mitzel Collection,’ featuring works by artists such as Peter Blake and Richard Hamilton, opens Nov. 20 in La Jolla ...
The Conversation

Did pop art have its heyday in the 1960s? Perhaps. But it is also utterly contemporary

Chari Larsson does not work for, consult, own shares in or receive funding from any company or organization that would benefit from this article, and has disclosed no relevant affiliations beyond ...
Artnet

Claes Oldenburg, the Leading Pop-Art Sculptor Who Turned Hamburgers and Erasers Into Whimsical Totems of the 20th Century, Has Died at 93

Pop artist Claes Oldenburg, known around the world for his whimsical public sculptures depicting everyday objects—a clothespin, a spoon with a cherry, and even a toilet—has died at age 93. “I am ...
Main Line Today

Wayne-Based Pop Goes the Doodle Transforms Kids’ Artwork

Struggling with bins of your kids' artwork? Pop Goes the Doodle can transform those special pieces of paper into a unique ...
SFGate

What makes the San Francisco Museum of Modern Art stand out from the rest

But the San Francisco Museum of Modern Art (SFMOMA) has found a way with its convenient SoMa location, atypical hours, dynamic and diverse programming and exhibits, freebies and its whimsical, pop-art ...
Los Angeles Times

LACMA has transitioned to a de facto contemporary art museum. But not a very good one

Do you miss LACMA? I do. The Los Angeles County Museum of Art launched more than 60 years ago as an encyclopedic place to collect and explore global art history from the last 3,000 years. Now, history ...
CNN

This 1960s trailblazer of erotic pop art died just as she was finding fame

Throughout Evelyne Axell’s short but radical career, the Belgian artist revered the female body in psychedelic hues rendered in gleaming enamel. Nude women recline in acid green or cerulean blue ...