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Designing an Inclusive Audio Guide Part 4: Content Development: Telling the Warhol Story

August 4, 2016 By Nicole Dezelon

This is the fourth post in a series about the development process of The Warhol’s new audio guide. If you want to know all about Andy Warhol, just look at…

Screen shot from Out Loud, The Warhol’s audio guide, showing the play screen of a story about Warhol's childhood.
Education Stories

Designing an Inclusive Audio Guide Part 3: Talking Tech with Ruben Niculcea

July 22, 2016 By Desi Gonzalez

This is the third post in a series about the development process of The Warhol’s new audio guide.  To develop our inclusive audio guide, we’ve partnered with the fantastic Carnegie Museum of…

Two men are engaging in conversation, seated at a brown paper cover table in an art studio. The ma on the left has an open notebook on the table in from of him, and the man on the right is holding an iPhone.
Museum Stories

Fare thee well, Billy Name (1940–2016); We miss You.

July 21, 2016 By Matt Wrbican

Billy Name’s 47th birthday was remarkably sad, as it was on that very same day (Feb 22, 1987) that his old friend and mentor Andy Warhol passed away. In the…

Education Stories

Designing an Inclusive Audio Guide Part 2: Tactile Reproductions

July 14, 2016 By Leah Morelli

This is the second post in a series about the development process of The Warhol’s new audio guide.  You might not think a museum would offer a meaningful experience for a person…

Two hands holding a 12 by 12 inch white 3D-printed reproduction of a man's face and wig, a reproduction of Andy Warhol's 1986 Self-Portrait.
Museum Stories

Instagram Takeover: @52museums

July 14, 2016 By Jessica Warchall

We’re halfway through our @52museums takeover on Instagram, joining museums around the world in managing the account one week at a time. Created by Mar Dixon, and inspired by Chris…

Composite image of four photographs: walking man sculpture in white gallery space (top left); white funnel sculpture against night sky (top right); museum facade (bottom left); complete dinosaur skeleton (bottom right).
Education Stories

Designing an Inclusive Audio Guide Part 1: An Introduction

June 24, 2016 By Desi Gonzalez

This is the first post in a series about the development process of The Warhol’s new audio guide.  In 1964, Andy Warhol moved to a new studio in a large New…

A young woman with blonde hair is seated at a table. She holds an old iPhone, which she is using to test out the new audio guide app.
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Warhol’s Visit to “Fighter’s Heaven”

June 15, 2016 By Grace Marston

Muhammad Ali’s global impact as an athlete, orator, and social activist made him a monumental pop culture icon. In August of 1977—after a lecture tour of thirteen European cities and…

Screen print of Muhammad Ali bust with yellow background. His chin rests on his right first.
Exhibition Stories

An interview with Ai Weiwei

May 24, 2016 By Eric Shiner

The following is an excerpt from Eric Shiner’s interview with Ai Weiwei that appears in the exhibition catalogue Andy Warhol | Ai Weiwei. The catalogue was produced in conjunction with the…

Self-portrait of Ai Weiwei in a room with a mirror behind him, and the flash of the camera above him.
Exhibition Stories

Meeooaaww-AW-AWW

May 24, 2016 By Matt Wrbican

The following is an excerpt from Matt Wrbican’s essay “Meeooaaww-AW-AWW” about Andy Warhol, Ai Weiwei, and cats that appears in the exhibition catalogue Andy Warhol | Ai Weiwei. The catalogue…

A black and white photograph of Andy Warhol holding a kitten in front of a window draped in white cloth.