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November 13, 2017 By desi

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A group of people of lean over a display table in one of the Andy Warhol Museum galleries.

The Magnetic Fields

November 11, 2017 By Ben Harrison

The Magnetic Fields perform “Andrew in Drag” and “This Little Ukulele” at The Warhol in a gallery reminiscent of Andy Warhol’s Silver Factory studio. Credits Curator of Performance Arts and…

Screen grab from live performance, in black and silver. A man sings into a microphone, and plays a guitar.

Icon Portraits

October 26, 2017 By Nicole Dezelon

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…

A screen print of actress Elizabeth Taylor in black ink on a silver background. The black ink has been applied lightly so that patches of the background come through in what would ordinarily be solid areas of the print.

Hammer & Sickle: Interpreting Symbols and Meaning

October 26, 2017 By Nicole Dezelon

Andy Warhol created his Hammer and Sickle series in 1976 after a trip to Italy where the most common grafﬁti in public spaces was this symbol found on Soviet ﬂags.…

In this screen print, a hammer enters the frame from the left side of the image. A sickle is situated in the middle of the frame, and both tools are highlighted with red paint. In the background, white brushstrokes are visible. Short, one-sentence description:

Jackie: Flashbulb Memory Activity

October 26, 2017 By Nicole Dezelon

America experienced change throughout the early 1960s, from the civil rights movement to space exploration. John F. Kennedy’s short presidency from 1961 until his shocking death by assassination on November…

Oxidations and Abstraction

October 26, 2017 By Nicole Dezelon

In the late 1970s and early 1980s, Warhol explored abstraction. While early experiments in the 1950s and repetitive patterns in his 1960s works suggested abstraction, it wasn’t until the late…

Three rows of four oxidation paintings. Each painting features a patch of deep blue-green oxidation against a copper background. Some of the paintings near the top of the arrangement also include silver. The paintings in the lower portion of the arrangement tend to be darker.

Space Fruit and the Color Wheel

October 26, 2017 By Nicole Dezelon

Throughout his career, Warhol worked with assistants and printers to create numerous print portfolios. In 1977 he met printer Rupert Jasen Smith who worked with him to create the series…

This screen print depicts six orange cantaloupes scattered across the image from the bottom left to the top right. Their shadows are green and stretch toward the right edge of the image. The background is blue, and two large, purple rectangles appear behind the fruit, taking up the majority of the negative space.

Campbell’s Soup: Ode to Food

October 26, 2017 By Nicole Dezelon

Warhol’s Campbell’s Soup Can paintings are key works of the 1960s pop art movement, a moment when many artists made work derived from popular culture. Warhol’s Campbell’s Soup Cans elevate…

An image of a Campbell’s soup can. The label of the tin can is divided in the middle, the top half being red and the bottom white. The name Campbell’s appears in white script on the top half of the label, and chicken noodle appears in red text on the bottom.

The Pocket Project

October 26, 2017 By Nicole Dezelon

When I think about poetry, I often think of pockets. Places where we keep things we need—pockets hide things, yet they also keep them close to us. Poems tend to…

A series of objects is arranged on the glass surface of a photocopier. At left, a student’s left hand adjusts a book, which is face down without a visible title. In the center of the glass surface, a worn 3″ by 5″ index card, a gift card, a small tin of mints, a clearly marked ChapStick, and a bright-red Tide-to-Go pen are arranged to fit the space. These objects are facedown on the glass for copying. On the right, the student’s right hand partially covers a pin with the words “Youth Express” inside an image of headphones.