Pokémon cards go highbrow with The Scream collection

Pokémon cards go highbrow with The Scream collection

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https://www.polygon.com/2018/10/15/17979068/pokemon-trading-card-promo-the-scream-painting

Pokémon is art in the same way that a sandwich — or an arrangement of stuff on your desk, or a urinal — is art. That is to say, of course the monster-collecting phenomenon is art, a truth made clearer thanks to a collaboration between the Pokémon Center and the Tokyo Metropolitan Art Museum, inspired by the classic painting The Scream.

A line of Pokémon trading cards will soon be available at both the museum and the storefront, each one featuring a Pokémon mimicking the classic pose from Edvard Munch’s painting. The first card in the set, based on Mimikyu, goes on sale Oct. 27; the whole set will be available through Jan. 20, 2019. Not only is this collection inspired, but it’s also surprisingly similar to the style and color palette of Munch’s most famous work.