Pop Art | smithsonianmag.comhttps://www.smithsonianmag.com/rss/tag/pop-art/RSS feed for Pop ArtenThu, 08 Jan 2026 13:00:00 +0000When This Restoration Expert Gets His Hands on a Relic, the Result Can Send You Back in Timehttps://www.smithsonianmag.com/arts-culture/restoration-expert-gets-hands-relic-result-send-you-back-in-time-180987832/At a Maryland antiques mall, Curtis Kauffman takes trinkets from the past and makes them better than ever. For his customers, that’s worth a lotThu, 08 Jan 2026 13:00:00 +0000https://www.smithsonianmag.com/arts-culture/restoration-expert-gets-hands-relic-result-send-you-back-in-time-180987832/The First of David Hockney's Famous Double Portraits Is Heading to Auctionhttps://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/the-first-of-david-hockneys-famous-double-portraits-is-heading-to-auction-180987380/Featuring English novelist Christopher Isherwood and his partner, artist Don Bachardy, the painting is one of Hockney's most celebratedFri, 26 Sep 2025 18:37:44 +0000https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/the-first-of-david-hockneys-famous-double-portraits-is-heading-to-auction-180987380/Did a Dutch Municipality Accidentally Throw Away a Warhol Print?https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/did-a-dutch-municipality-accidentally-throw-away-a-warhol-print-180986525/A silkscreen print of Queen Beatrix of the Netherlands may have been put to the trash in a renovation, along with dozens of other worksWed, 30 Apr 2025 13:41:07 +0000https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/did-a-dutch-municipality-accidentally-throw-away-a-warhol-print-180986525/Keith Haring Created These Striking Subway Drawings While Waiting for Trains on His Way to Workhttps://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/keith-haring-created-these-striking-subway-drawings-while-waiting-for-trains-on-his-way-to-work-180985542/The artist used white chalk to draw on blank advertising panels inside subway stations. Now, 31 surviving examples of these works have sold at auction for more than $9 millionWed, 27 Nov 2024 16:36:41 +0000https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/keith-haring-created-these-striking-subway-drawings-while-waiting-for-trains-on-his-way-to-work-180985542/When Art Thieves Stole Four Andy Warhol Prints, They Didn't Realize Only Two Would Fit in the Getaway Carhttps://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/when-art-thieves-stole-four-andy-warhol-prints-they-didnt-realize-only-two-would-fit-in-the-getaway-car-180985402/The robbers only made away with two of the screen prints, which they swiped from a gallery in the Netherlands. They abandoned the other artworks on the streetFri, 08 Nov 2024 14:00:00 +0000https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/when-art-thieves-stole-four-andy-warhol-prints-they-didnt-realize-only-two-would-fit-in-the-getaway-car-180985402/This Giant Keith Haring Mural Is a Beloved West Village Staple. Can It Be Saved?https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/this-giant-keith-haring-mural-is-a-beloved-west-village-staple-can-it-be-saved-180984886/The artwork, which adorns a wall by the pool at an old recreation center in New York City, faces an uncertain futureWed, 14 Aug 2024 20:10:42 +0000https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/this-giant-keith-haring-mural-is-a-beloved-west-village-staple-can-it-be-saved-180984886/Watch Andy Warhol's Eight-Hour Film About the Empire State Building on the Skyscraper's 80th Floorhttps://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/watch-andy-warhols-film-about-the-empire-state-building-on-the-buildings-80th-floor-180984779/Released in 1964, the divisive experimental film is being screened in honor of its 60th anniversaryFri, 26 Jul 2024 19:29:15 +0000https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/watch-andy-warhols-film-about-the-empire-state-building-on-the-buildings-80th-floor-180984779/Andy Warhol 'Mao' Print Vanishes From a California College's Vaulthttps://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/an-andy-warhol-print-of-mao-zedong-is-missing-from-a-california-college-180984069/The 1972 artwork, which the school had never publicly displayed, is worth an estimated $50,000Wed, 03 Apr 2024 12:00:00 +0000https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/an-andy-warhol-print-of-mao-zedong-is-missing-from-a-california-college-180984069/The Art World Is Reevaluating Andy Warhol and Jean-Michel Basquiat's Controversial Partnershiphttps://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/a-unique-basquiat-and-warhol-collaboration-could-sell-for-18-million-180984065/"Untitled," a highlight of the duo's collaboration in the 1980s, could fetch $18 million at auctionTue, 02 Apr 2024 20:40:31 +0000https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/a-unique-basquiat-and-warhol-collaboration-could-sell-for-18-million-180984065/A Lunar Lander Carrying Jeff Koons' Art Is Flying Toward the Moonhttps://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/a-mission-to-bring-jeff-koons-art-to-the-moon-launches-successfully-180983804/The spacecraft, which finally launched on February 15, is expected to touch down on February 22Fri, 16 Feb 2024 18:05:21 +0000https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/a-mission-to-bring-jeff-koons-art-to-the-moon-launches-successfully-180983804/