Pop Art emerged in the mid-1950s as a direct challenge to the seriousness of Abstract Expressionism. In Britain, members of the Independent Group began collaging advertisements, comic strips, and consumer packaging into new compositions. By the late 1950s, American artists were doing the same with bolder ambition, pulling imagery straight from supermarket…
Works of Pop Art are held in 129 museums worldwide, including National Gallery of Art, Museum Boijmans Van Beuningen, and Vanderbilt Museum of Art.
Key artists
Work by these painters is spread across the museums listed below.
🇦🇺 Australia
1 museum
Also in AustraliaNational Gallery of Australia (8)
🇧🇪 Belgium
2 museums
Also in BelgiumM HKA - Museum van Hedendaagse Kunst Antwerpen (14)Stedelijk Museum voor Actuele Kunst (9)
🇩🇰 Denmark
1 museum
Also in DenmarkStatens Museum for Kunst (4)
🇫🇷 France
1 museum
Also in FranceMusée National d'Art Moderne (8)
🇩🇪 Germany
3 museums
Also in GermanyBavarian State Painting Collections (131)Museum Ludwig (47)Wallraf–Richartz Museum (31)
🇭🇺 Hungary
1 museum
Also in HungaryMuseum of Fine Arts, Budapest (126)
🇮🇱 Israel
1 museum
Also in IsraelIsrael Museum (19)
🇳🇱 Netherlands
3 museums
Also in NetherlandsMuseum Boijmans Van Beuningen (189)Stedelijk Museum Amsterdam (6)Museum van Bommel van Dam (5)
🇳🇿 New Zealand
1 museum
Also in New ZealandAuckland Art Gallery Toi o Tāmaki (5)
🇪🇸 Spain
1 museum
Also in SpainMuseo Nacional Centro de Arte Reina Sofía (15)
🇨🇭 Switzerland
2 museums
Also in SwitzerlandKunsthaus Zürich (6)Beyeler Foundation (5)
🇬🇧 United Kingdom
10 museums
Also in United KingdomTate (117)National Galleries Scotland (63)Hunterian Museum and Art Gallery (58)Royal College of Art (14)Pallant House Gallery (11)Arts Council Collection, Southbank Centre (10)Scottish National Gallery of Modern Art (7)British Council (5)National Museum Cardiff (5)Walker Art Gallery (4)
🇺🇸 United States
23 museums
Also in United StatesNational Gallery of Art (3053)Vanderbilt Museum of Art (175)Museum of Modern Art (82)Whitney Museum of American Art (76)Metropolitan Museum of Art (71)Smithsonian American Art Museum (55)San Francisco Museum of Modern Art (44)Yale University Art Gallery (26)Art Institute of Chicago (25)Los Angeles County Museum of Art (18)Museum of Fine Arts, Houston (18)Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum (16)Buffalo AKG Art Museum (13)Museum of Fine Arts Boston (11)Carnegie Museum of Art (11)Detroit Institute of Arts (11)Seattle Art Museum (9)Dallas Museum of Art (8)Cincinnati Art Museum (8)The Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art (8)Cleveland Museum of Art (7)Philadelphia Museum of Art (5)Crystal Bridges Museum of American Art (5)
79 more museums hold Pop Art works with smaller collections, not listed here.
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Pop Art works are held in 129 museums worldwide, including National Gallery of Art, Museum Boijmans Van Beuningen, and Vanderbilt Museum of Art.How many museums have Pop Art artworks?
129 museums worldwide hold works by Pop Art artists.Which is the best museum for Pop Art?
National Gallery of Art in Washington D.C. holds the largest Pop Art collection with 3053 works.