Quiz: Match the album covers to the famous artists
31 January 2017
What could be more liberating than taking art out of museums and galleries, and displaying it on millions of popular consumer items? Ever since record labels licensed work by Dali, Magritte, Matisse and Picasso in the 1950s, the art and music worlds have been intertwined. Test your knowledge of arty record sleeves with our quiz.
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