One Highway, Three Artists, One Hundred Years

Route 66 marks its 100th anniversary this year, and three American artists gave it a permanent place in the country's creative record: John Steinbeck wrote it into literature, Bob Dylan rendered it in paint, and Ed Ruscha caught it on film. Each worked in a different medium, yet all three returned to the same stretch of highway as a subject worth capturing. The centennial is a fitting moment to note how much the road has shaped American art, not just American travel.

With reporting from Artnet News.