Each fall, educators from the greater Pittsburgh area convene at The Warhol for its Teacher Open House. Think of the three-hour event as an all-access pass to the museum: teachers can…
Andy Warhol began his publication America (1985) with a reflection on his early years and the universal curiosity about life beyond our limited boundaries: Everybody has their own America, and…
Sebastian Piraz, Andy Warhol at a book signing for America, 1985. Photo credit: Sebastian Piraz/Redux
In my time at The Andy Warhol Museum as the Friends of the Frick Fine Arts curatorial fellow, I have become increasingly sensitive to not only the broad scope and…
In 2018, Jessica Beck, Milton Fine curator of art, wrote about Warhol as a queer artist in the age of AIDs, a topic considered taboo until only recently. Her essay…
A. Andy Warhol, The Last Supper (detail), 1986 The Andy Warhol Museum, Pittsburgh; Founding Collection, contribution The Andy Warhol Foundation for the Visual Arts, Inc. © The Andy Warhol Foundation for the Visual Arts, Inc. 1998.1.355
I recently had the pleasure of traveling to the Mona Bismarck American Center in Paris for the opening of the exhibition Super Heroes: The Art of Alex Ross. Conveniently located…
(Isabelle Collin Dufresne, September 6, 1935-June 14, 2014) A cultural figure who perhaps could only have existed in the 1960s, the actress and artist Ultra Violet achieved fame as…
“Boulevardier,” poet, critic, and painter, Rene Ricard was a somewhat reclusive yet significant figure in the cultural worlds of New York City. Andy Warhol referred to him in 1984 as…
Andy Warhol, Rene Ricard, n.d., ©The Andy Warhol Foundation for the Visual Arts, Inc.
Taylor Mead (December 31, 1924 – May 8, 2013) worked creatively as a performer and writer from the mid-1950s until his death. Credited with being the first star of underground…
Andy Warhol Lonesome Cowboys, 1967-68 16mm film, color, sound, 109 minutes Taylor Mead with Joe Dallesandro and Eric Emerson ©2013 The Andy Warhol Museum, Pittsburgh, PA, a museum of Carnegie Institute. All rights reserved.
In the Old Testament’s Book of Genesis, God created the universe in one week. The land animals and man appeared on the sixth day. In this creation narrative, the first…
Jan Brueghel the Elder and Peter Paul Rubens The Garden of Eden with the Fall of Man, ca. 1615 Oil on panel
This is the formal announcement of the exhibition Heroes and Villains: The Comic Book Art of Alex Ross. Curated by yours truly, the exhibition will include over 100 artworks by Alex…
Alex Ross, Tango with Evil - The Joker and Harley Quinn, 2003. Collection of the Artist. All Characters ™ and © DC Comics.