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Jose Diaz in Conversation with Artists from the Fantasy America Exhibition

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…

Former president Trump stands holding a bible, his image obscured by a fuzzy red band of color.

The Pop Politics of Warhol’s Presidential Portraits

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

Wilsen

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.…

Woman plays guitar while sitting in front of a microphone

Time Capsules

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.

Ben Opie

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…

Man plays saxaphone in his basement studio.

Shadow Painting

Warhol’s colorful, abstract Shadow paintings from the 1970s are the inspiration for this simple art activity. Using a task lamp and objects around the house, we cast and trace shadows, then…

A woman outlines a shadow using a black marker.

‘America’ (n): A Creation Myth

“All artists, writers among them, have several stories—one might call them creation myths—that haunt and obsess them.” —Edwidge Danticat Perhaps America doesn’t exist, or it shouldn’t. The conditions of possibility for the assemblage of…

Portrait of the Lincoln Memorial with a black line struck through the middle.

Marc Ribot

We’re fortunate that guitarist and composer, Marc Ribot, took some time to record two instrumental songs that demonstrate his genre-crossing sensibility: Winin’ Boy Blues by Jelly Roll Morton and Congo by Frantz Casseus.…

Jessica Beck and Michael Hermann on Andy Warhol and Jean-Michel Basquiat

On the occasion of the upcoming rotation Warhol and Basquiat in Focus: Works from the Permanent Collection, Jessica Beck, Milton Fine curator of art, interviews Michael Hermann about his 2019…

A picture of a person in a t-shirt and black jacket in front of a white, tile background looking at the camera.

Gold Leafing

Andy Warhol often used gold leaf and other gilding materials to apply shiny, metallic surfaces and embellishments to his works of the 1950s. This video explores Warhol’s exposure to the…

Hands shown demonstrating how to use gold leafing material.