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Acetate Collage

July 23, 2021 By Naeem Martinez-White and Nicole Dezelon

In this activity, you will learn how Andy Warhol combined photography, collage, silkscreening, and drawing to create a more “collaged” look and feel in some of his commissioned portraits in…

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Vieux Farka Touré

July 8, 2021 By Ben Harrison

We feel very fortunate that guitarist and songwriter Vieux Farka Touré recorded this Silver Home Studio Session for us from his home city of Bamako, Mali. And we’re thrilled that he’ll…

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Alan Pelaez Lopez and Jessica Lanay Moore Discuss ‘Fantasy America’

June 24, 2021 By José Carlos Diaz

On Tuesday, July 13 at 1 p.m. EDT, please join us for the YouTube Premiere of a conversation between Jessica Lanay Moore and Alan Pelaez Lopez, authors of the Fantasy…

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Sarah Huny Young on Basquiat, the Black Body, and Truth-Telling in Art

June 17, 2021 By Danielle Linzer

Sarah Huny Young is an award-winning visual artist and cultural producer based in Pittsburgh. She joins Petra Floyd, Artist Educator at The Warhol, for a critical conversation exploring Andy Warhol’s Polaroid…

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Jose Diaz in Conversation with Artists from the Fantasy America Exhibition

June 10, 2021 By The Editors

Inspired by the exhibition Fantasy America, please join chief curator Jose Diaz in conversation with artists Nona Faustine, Kambui Olujimi, Pacifico Silano, Naama Tsabar and Chloe Wise. They will revisit…

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The Pop Politics of Warhol’s Presidential Portraits

June 4, 2021 By Grace Marston

Although often characterized as an apolitical artist, Andy Warhol began making portraits of political figures early in his career. By the end of his life, Warhol had visited the White…

Richard Nixon rendered in Warhol's signature silkscreened portrait style
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Wilsen

June 3, 2021 By Ben Harrison

We’re so appreciative for this intimate session from home by Tamsin Wilson of Wilsen, featuring two songs, “Wearing” and “Wedding” from the band’s most recent album Ruiner on Secret City Records.…

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Time Capsules

May 20, 2021 By Donald Warhola

This instructional video explores the making of one of Andy Warhol’s Time Capsules. During the latter part of his life, Warhol created over 600 Time Capsules by collecting and storing…

This image depicts Andy Warhol's time capsules as they are displayed in the Warhol archives. Neat rows of brown cardboard boxes, all the same size, are lined up on metal shelves. On some of the boxes, tape is visible, or there is writing in black sharpie noting the date that the time capsule was sealed.
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Ben Opie

May 6, 2021 By Ben Harrison

The Pittsburgh-based composer and multi-instrumentalist, Ben Opie, was kind enough to take a moment at home to record this session for us, featuring two pieces of distinctly different tone and…

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