Pop Art didn’t just happen. It arrived with a bang—a colorful, ironic, and sometimes loud answer to the seriousness of modernism. Born out of a post-war world swimming in advertising, television, and celebrity culture, Pop Art held up a mirror to the times. It asked: What if art isn’t just about inner turmoil or abstract ideals? What if it’s about Coca-Cola bottles, comic books, and movie stars? The movement took shape in the mid-1950s in Britain before finding its full voice in the United States during the early 1960s. British artists like Richard Hamilton and Eduardo Paolozzi were among the…
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[ad_1] Days after penning a letter demanding the deinstallation of a “blasphemous” exhibition at the National Gallery–Alexandros Soutsos Museum in Athens, Greece, far-right Parliament Member Nikolaos Papadopoulos vandalized several of the artworks at the museum late Monday morning, March 10. Papadopoulos was temporarily detained and questioned after attacked four works from Greek artist Christophoros Katsadiotis’s in the group exhibition The Allure of the Bizarre, a show taking inspiration from Francisco Goya’s Los Caprichos (1797–98) etchings to present oddities, hybridizations, and the grotesque thematic to Greek art. “We unequivocally condemn all acts of vandalism and violence, and any attempts at censorship…
[ad_1] The outdoor balconies of Paris’s Centre Pompidou are one of the best places to take in the city’s iconic skyline. This past weekend, as the warm weather hinted at the arrival of spring, the balconies were full of families picnicking, taking in the sun, and this being Paris, couples embracing. Many were also there to bid farewell to the Centre Pompidou’s permanent collection, which closed Monday night. In September, the iconic building will fully close for five years of renovations. To mark the occasion, the museum—considered Paris’s top institution for modern and contemporary art—celebrated with a long weekend of…
[ad_1] Meow Wolf, the art and entertainment company known for its psychedelic immersive installations, will open its seventh permanent exhibition space at Pier 17 in New York’s historic Seaport. The venture was revealed at the South by Southwest conference in Austin, where Meow Wolf’s mascot, Plotzo the rat king, interrupted the “Dada for Dada: The Power of Absurdity” panel to deliver the news. “The energy of New York City is unlike anywhere else, and it’s the perfect place for Meow Wolf, ” said Jose Tolosa, CEO of Meow Wolf. “This city has given the world so much groundbreaking art and…
[ad_1] Anthony Caro is remembered as one of the most prominent British sculptors of his generation, who built up an impressive art collection of his own of leading works by his friends and contemporaries. Christie’s will sell a handful of pieces from Caro’s personal collection in May during the auction house’s Post-War and Contemporary Art Day Sale.The leading lot from the collection is by Caro’s close friend and leading American Colour Field painter Kenneth Noland. Purkinje Effect (1964) is a painting from Noland’s short-lived ‘chevron’ series, estimated to sell for between $1m and $1.5m. Another of Noland’s paintings, Exmoor (1970-71),…
[ad_1] Societal expectations, cultural norms, and hierarchies of value are deeply subjective and personal. At the same time, they are shaped by communities and vary from person to person and place to place. For Thai artist Kantapon Metheekul, better known as Gongkan, the space between these shifting boundaries serves as a powerful site of exploration—one where he reflects on his own journey while also examining broader personal and collective experiences. Gongkan, Private Hot Springs (2025). Courtesy of Tang Contemporary Art. Opening March 22, 2025, Gongkan’s solo show “Asynchronous Affinities” at Tang Contemporary Art in Hong Kong uses the proverbial idea…
[ad_1] Deborah Kass, “Subject Matters” (1989–90) (photo Hrag Vartanian/Hyperallergic)From reinventing abstraction to recreating Barbie for new generations, we’re looking at a wide range of art this week. Make sure to catch Norman Bluhm’s unorthodox abstracts and the Museum of Arts and Design’s dizzying display of Barbie’s history before they end this weekend. After that, revisit art history’s past with a survey of Christo and Jeanne-Claude’s legendary project “The Gates” and Deborah Kass’s feminist pastiches. Manuel Herreros de Lemos and Mateo Manaure Arilla’s poignant 1982 documentary “Trans” and its accompany exhibition at the Institute for Studies on Latin American Art rounds…
[ad_1] The National Endowment for the Arts (NEA) has agreed to suspend a controversial requirement that grant applicants certify they would not “promote gender ideology,” a condition imposed under an executive order from the Trump administration. The retreat comes in response to a lawsuit filed by the American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) on behalf of several arts organizations, arguing that the measure is an unconstitutional restriction on free speech. While artists can now apply for funding without signing the contested pledge, the NEA has not removed broader eligibility restrictions that continue to exclude projects deemed to “promote gender ideology.” The legal battle…
[ad_1] Maja Malou Lyse has been selected to represent Denmark at the 2026 Venice Biennale, making her the youngest Danish artist to participate in the event. Appointed by the Danish Arts Foundation’s Project Support Committee, the 31-year-old artist is known for her digital art, which champions women’s sexual and media rights. “I think it’s amazing and overwhelming to be able to represent Denmark at the Venice Biennale as the youngest artist ever selected for a national pavilion,” Lyse said in a statement provided by Galleri Nicolai Wallner, which represents her. “It is absolutely surreal to be given this unique opportunity,…
[ad_1] The UK Labour government’s recently unveiled AI opportunities action plan will position the UK as a global leader in artificial intelligence by investing in infrastructure, talent and innovation. “A battle for the jobs of tomorrow is happening today,” said the UK prime minister Keir Starmer in a 13 January speech announcing the plan.The government intends to “ramp up” AI adoption across the UK by expanding AI computing capacity twentyfold, creating AI growth zones to attract private sector investment, and developing the National Data Library to enhance access to data for AI research.While the plan is not specifically focused on…