The 98-Year-Old Pop Art Queen Behind an Iconic Lichtenstein Billboard
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Joan Kron, 98, pioneered the first Pop Art exhibition on the East Coast in 1962 at the YM/YWHA in Philadelphia—beating Sidney Janis Gallery by days—and later commissioned Roy Lichtenstein's 'Super Sunset Billboard' (1967); a remake is now on display at the Whitney Museum's retrospective, and her memoir 'The Renegade Housewives of Pop Art' releases this December.
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