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Man Charged With Selling Stolen Warhol

By Allan LengelNov 23rd 2009 – 9:17PM

(Nov. 23) - In the pop art world, the provocative Andy Warhol made a big splash. On Monday, one of his classic works proved his 15 minutes are far from over. Federal authorities announced Nov. 23 they had charged James S. Biear, 49, of Ossining, N.Y., with stealing a Warhol work -- a silkscreen on a wooden crate mimicking...

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GADLING

Art Institute Of Chicago Opens Roy Lichtenstein Exhibition

May 23rd 2012 - 10:26AM

The Art Institute of Chicago has one great exhibition after another and is definitely on Gadling's top ten list of things to see in the Windy City.

THE HUFFINGTON POST - CULTURE

Art Thieves Make Off With Warhol, 18 Other Works Worth Millions

May 22nd 2012 - 03:03PM

Nineteen works of art, including a silkscreen by artist Andy Warhol, were stolen from a private collection in Detroit , Fox 2 reported Monday.

THE HUFFINGTON POST

The Other King Of Pop

May 22nd 2012 - 08:21AM

The largest exhibition of Roy Lichtenstein 's work to date will be traveling to a number of museums in the U.S. and Europe this summer.

THE HUFFINGTON POST - LOCAL

Whaam! Splat! Bang! Lichtenstein Hits The Art Institute

May 18th 2012 - 01:10PM

Its a big summer for Chicago as the groundbreaking retrospective of the iconic Pop artist, Roy Lichtenstein, opens at The Art Institute of Chicago this week through September 3.

THE HUFFINGTON POST

Early Andy Warhol Sketch Goes On Display

By Sam Parker May 10th 2012 - 11:39AM

A recently-discovered sketch by Andy Warhol is to go on public display for the first time.

PopArt News From the Web

  • 05/23/12 Tom Wesselmann celebrated in new Montreal exhibit Source: CBC.ca American artist Tom Wesselmann was a pioneer of the pop art movement and yet his contribution is often overshadowed by contemporaries such as Andy Warhol and Roy Lichtenstein, who became household names.
  • 05/23/12 Art Institute Of Chicago Opens Roy Lichtenstein... Source: Gadling The Art Institute of Chicago has one great exhibition after another and is definitely on Gadling's top ten list of things to see in the Windy City.
  • 05/23/12 More Warhol on the way Source: TampaBay.com Andy Warhol comes and goes, with one exhibition newly opened and another about to depart.
  • 05/22/12 FBI: Warhol among art stolen from Detroit business Source: Advance Newspapers - Ann Arbor MI A silkscreen by Andy Warhol is among a trove of 20th century contemporary artwork worth millions that the FBI believes has been stolen from a Detroit business.
  • 05/22/12 Pop Art pops up again, this time on your skirt Source: Fashionising It's a little hard at times to distinguish the line between the current fascination with comics, and the revived interest in Pop Art.

Background on PopArt

Pop art is an art movement that emerged in the mid 1950s in Britain and in the late 1950s in the United States.

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