In a 1998 interview in the New York Times, David Bowie remarked on the prevalence of British musicians who went to art school: You know, 25 years ago there were a whole crop of us that tried to drag ...

These three famous pop songs from the 2010s are artful masterpieces. Sometimes pop gets a bad rap in the art department. Many other genres are quicker to earn that term. Something about mass appeal ...

“It might be the best song ever written in the history of songs.” So says Anne Hathaway’s character, the titular pop singer in David Lowery’s new film, “Mother Mary,” about a track of hers that you ...

In 2025, the Artnet staff spotted a Renoir painting in a Wes Anderson film, a John Everett Millais reference on a Taylor Swift album cover, and a Dieter Rams chair in a “Severance” episode. The art ...

An exhibition explores examples of Pop Art from the 1960s in dialogue with recent acquisitions by contemporary artists. By Robin Pogrebin This article is part of our Museums special section about how ...

Pop songs aren’t usually taken as art. Instead, they are seen as commercial properties; they are tailor-made for success with little to say otherwise. But, as with all generalizations, that’s not the ...