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American Gothic

A recreation of Grant Wood's 'American Gothic' at RA Lates: America Dreaming, 2017.

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The great art quiz of 2017

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Sonny Malhotra, Sea is for Cookie (detail)

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10 of the most parodied artworks of all time

With ‘American Gothic’ in the UK for the first time, we take a look at some of the other iconic works that have attracted moustaches, Muppets and other mimicry across art history.
American Gothique, after Grant Wood, from 'Miss Piggy's Treasury of Art Masterpieces from the Kermitage Collection', co-edited by Michael K. Frith

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Miss Piggy’s American Gothique: the making of a (near) masterpiece

As Grant Wood’s American Gothic goes on show at the RA, the former Creative Director of the Muppets explains how he came to make a painstaking tribute to it – and why he owes Piggy an apology. We begin our story in Bermuda…
Grant Wood, American Gothic (detail)

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The reality behind American Gothic

As ‘America after the Fall’ brings some of the country’s most iconic works to Europe for the first time, Sarah Churchwell considers the cultural and political backdrop to Depression Era art.