pop art

noun

variants often Pop Art

: art in which commonplace objects (such as road signs, hamburgers, comic strips, or soup cans) are used as subject matter and are often physically incorporated in the work

pop artist noun

often Pop artist

Examples of pop art in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

For more than 50 years, Tomkins completed dispatches from the transformative art scene of the 1960s and beyond, whether individuals such as Warhol and Robert Rauschenberg or such movements as pop art, conceptual art and minimalism. —ABC News, 20 Mar. 2026

Sir Ian McKellen stars as a retired pop art sensation who is now the target of a greedy inheritance plot to forge and complete his eight unfinished canvases. —Randy Myers, Mercury News, 18 Mar. 2026

Supporting and empowering artists The New York Times featured the dynamic, mesmerizing pop art illustrations on Blind Dates Books at the iconic Strand Bookstore in New York City. —Jess Decourcy Hinds february 13, Literary Hub, 13 Feb. 2026

Gehry’s fascination with modern pop art led to the creation of some of the most striking buildings ever constructed. —John Rogers, Fortune, 5 Dec. 2025

Word History

First Known Use

1965, in the meaning defined above

Rhymes for pop art

• apart
• depart
• flowchart
• forepart
• impart
• pushcart
• rampart
• redstart
• restart
• subpart
• sweetheart
• upstart