The Museo Thyssen-Bornemisza hosts one of the top exhibitions of the summer: 'Pop Art Myths' ('Mitos del Pop'). In the show you'll be able to view 104 works from some of the most important representatvies in the field that led to contemporary art as we know it today, from Warhol to Lichtenstein and Blake, but also work from lesser-knon artists (Europeans, basically). But is it worth the €11 ticket in, you ask? A resounding yes. And here are five reasons to convince you.
Five reasons not to miss the 'Pop Art Myths' exhibition
The Thyssen Museum hosts this season's must-see art exhibition. Not convinced? These five reasons should have you adding the 'Pop Art Myths' exhibition to your summer hot list
You'll learn something else about art history
It's the exhibition of the summer
You'll find out that pop art isn't just Andy Warhol
You'll bust your own myths about pop art
The Museo Thyssen-Bornemisza welcomes 'Pop Art Myths', the first exhibition on pop art in Madrid since 1992. Featuring more than 100 works, including pioneering British pop art, and the classic American version and its expansion into Europe, with works by artists as Warhol, Lichtenstein, Hockney, Hamilton and Equipo Crónica, among others.
The best works of one of the pioneers of pop art finally arrive in Madrid in the form of a retrospective exhibition. Richard Hamilton (London, 1922-2011) was a British painter who left school to work in an advertising agency. There he started his artistic journey, which would end up making him the father of pop art.
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