Over The Rainbow (2021), organized by José Diaz, The Andy Warhol Museum’s chief curator, is the first commission in the museum’s public art program. The mural, sited on an exterior…
Typoe works on Over The Rainbow, photo by Sean Carroll
Warhol was drawn to the glamorous worlds of Hollywood, fashion, and celebrity. His interest in pop culture manifested early in his childhood; he collected autographed celebrity photographs. Even as an…
Andy Warhol, Silver Liz [Studio Type], 1963 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. 1998.1.56
Twenty minutes up from the Warholas’ house, the Carnegie Institute was an inescapable landmark of downtown Oakland. Its grand concert hall, museums and library (a special favorite of Warhol’s) filled…
Duane Michals, Andy Warhol (c. 1974). Courtesy Duane Michals and DC Moore Gallery, New York, © 2018 Duane Michals.
Andy in the Arctic or Умницы from Emily Newman on Vimeo. Andy Warhol was never in the Soviet Arctic. But in summer 2015, The Andy Warhol Museum’s education department initiated…
Storytelling and sharing, universal experiences of human existence through a broad range of mediums, has been a consistent thread in Laura Jean McLaughlin’s artwork since she was a young child.…
Laura Jean McLaughlin standing in front of Julia, her public art piece in The Pop District. Photo by Kitoko Chargois
Social Sculpture (2022), organized by José Carlos Diaz, is the second commission in the museum’s public art program and the most recent addition to The Pop District. The sculpture, sited in…
Michael Loveland in his Miami studio. Photograph courtesy of the artist
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…
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…
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…
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
