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 ...

Every week, we scan the media for interesting conversations about art. This week: thoughts on the changing meaning of “appropriation art” and the unexpected riddle about America’s most-purchased ...

The style of art known as appropriation art has intensified since the 20th Century when cubist artists Pablo Picasso and Georges Braque incorporated non-art objects into their collage practice. In ...