Robert Rauschenberg Made the First-Ever Earth Day Poster Here Are 3 Fascinating Facts About How He Conceived the Powerful Image
Happy 51st Earth Day!
The Earth Day poster designed by Robert Rauschenberg in 1970.
Here’s a fun fact for anyone who ever made a middle-school Earth Day poster: Robert Rauschenberg made the very first one for the very first Earth Day, which was celebrated on April 22, 1970.
Besides being one of the most innovative artists of the Post-war generation, Rauschenberg was also a devoted environmentalist, who in his lifetime made numerous posters and prints to support causes close to his heart, of which this was the first.
Georgia Runoff Candidate Kelly Loeffler Allegedly Owns a $56,000 Warhol Portrait of Mao, and a Fellow Republican Thinks It’s Weird
Loeffler s campaign has denied that she owns the artwork.
Mao [II.96] (1972). Courtesy of Christie s New York.
Republican Senator Kelly Loeffler, who is locked in a tight runoff race for Georgia’s Senate seat, which will help determine which party controls Congress’s upper chamber, appears to be something of an art collector.
Georgia representative Doug Collins, another Republican in the race who has since lost his bid, ran an attack ad earlier this year focusing on an Andy Warhol portrait of Mao Zedong that allegedly hangs in the foyer of Loeffler’s $5.6 million Atlanta home.