POP ART: THE FAB 4 & 4 SPECIAL GUESTS

About

Date

November 3 - December 28, 2025

Location

Temporary Exhibition Galleries 1-4

Hours

9:30 a.m. -5:00 p.m.

Closed

Mondays (except November 3 and November 24), November 4(Tuesday), November 25 (Tuesday)

Admission fee

Adults: 1000 (800) yen
Students: 800 (600) yen
High school students and younger: Free
Prices in parentheses are for groups of more than 20 persons.
Persons with disability, one person accompanying them are admitted free of charge.

Organization

■Organized by
Mie Prefectural Art Museum
The Chunichi Simbun

■Auspices
Embassy of the United States of America
Embassy of Spain

■Support 
Japan Airlines

■Sponsors
The Cultural Foundation of Okada
Mie Prefectural Art Museum Assistance Foundation

■Planning Cooperation
Brain Trust Inc.
 

Exhibition Overview

Pop Art dominated the American art scene in the 1960s, incorporating motifs and images from everyday life, such as news photographs, commercial advertisements, mass-market product packaging, and celebrity portraits, into fine art. Roy Lichtenstein(1923-1997) , Andy Warhol（1928-1987）, Robert Rauschenberg（1925-2008）, Jasper Johns（1930-） were artists who led the pop art movement. They transformed the face of art and society through their involvement with popular culture and rock music in a tumultuous era of war and social problems.

This exhibition will feature approximately 120 prints, posters, and clothing items from the collection of Spanish collector Joseluis Ruperez.
Drawing a parallel to The Beatles, who also rose to fame in the 1960s, the exhibition presents Lichtenstein, Warhol, Rauschenberg, Johns as The Fabulous 4. The exhibition focuses on their works in Ruperez's collection to trace the trajectory of pop art, a genre that changed the times.