William Copley (artist) occurring in America when he returned to New York in the 1960s. Artists like Andy Warhol, Christo, Roy Lichtenstein and many others were frequent visitors at Copley's studio on Lower Broadway. Copley believed that pop art had always interested him, claiming American pop art had much to do with "self-disgust" and "satire." In 1967, after a divorce with his second wife, Noma, Copley and new friend Dmitri Petrov decided to publish portfolios of 20th-century artist collaborations with the abbreviation SMS (for "Shit Must Stop"). Copley's Upper West Side loft became a meeting place for performers, artists, curators, and composers to
Lo Nuestro Award for Pop New Artist of the Year on a Lo Nuestro Award for Best New Artist category in the General Field. For the Lo Nuestro Awards of 2014, the Pop New Artist of the Year award was reinstated and merged again the following year. Listed below are the winners of the award for each year, as well as the other nominees for the majority of the years awarded. Lo Nuestro Award for Pop New Artist of the Year The Lo Nuestro Award for Pop New Artist of the Year is an honor presented annually by American network Univision. It was first awarded in 1989 and has been