As ever, the texture of his paint is mouthwatering: the pastry is suitably firm, the ice cream thick and creamy, mingling with the pie’s deep red fruit as it melts. The pie’s context is less ...

The painting ... graphite and oil on canvas work measures 48 inches by 48 inches. Painted in 1961, it is one of the ­earliest and most important of ­Lichtenstein’s Pop Art pictures.

“To me, any wall is another place to put art ... got paintings in his kitchen. Two of them — of fruit — that used to belong to his mom. The actress/artist Diane Gaeta has an oil by ...