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Roy Lichtenstein pop art masterpieces head to auction for the first time

A once-in-a-generation collection of Roy Lichtenstein’s art is heading to auction in May, with Sotheby’s expecting the vibrant selection to pull in more than $35 million (€30.8 million). The sale will ...
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Was Roy Lichtenstein an Appropriation Artist or Plagiarist? A New Documentary Probes the Ethics of His Multimillion-Dollar Comic Art Empire

In the 1960s, when Roy Lichtenstein began incorporating comic strips into his paintings, he framed the gesture as a form of ironic appropriation. His use of cartoons and comics was meant to ...
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Pop art pioneer Lichtenstein in Tate Modern retrospective

LONDON (Reuters) - The first major retrospective show of American pop artist Roy Lichtenstein's work is to go on show for the first time in 20 years at a gallery in London next year. The Tate Modern ...
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Roy Lichtenstein’s Art Has the Most Pop in the Private Market. With a Special Sale in the Hamptons, Do His Public Prices Have Room to Grow?

Phillips is shining a spotlight on Pop art star Roy Lichtenstein this summer—and providing a jolt of energy into what is typically very quiet stretch of the art-world calendar—with a special sale ...
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This Groundbreaking Exhibit Of Roy Lichtenstein’s Early Paintings Shows The Melodrama That Made His Art Pop

When George Washington crossed the Delaware River to ambush enemy soldiers in the Battle of Trenton, nobody was on hand to portray his masterful tactical maneuver. The famous depiction hanging in the ...