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
In the early 1980s, Warhol painted a variety of iconic objects, including guns, knives, and crosses. He rejected the idea that his work functioned as social criticism and instead described…
Andy Warhol, Guns, 1981-1982 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. 1998.1.277
Warhol loved all forms of daily media and collected various newspapers, magazines, and supermarket tabloids. He recognized the power of mass-circulated media images in American culture and appropriated these as…
Andy Warhol, Tunafish Disaster, 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. 1998.1.17
Warhol’s Screen Tests are revealing portraits of hundreds of different individuals, filmed between 1963 and 1966. In these short films, Warhol created his own cache of Superstars. Superstars are actors…
Andy Warhol, Screen Test: Jane Holzer [ST141], 1964 The Andy Warhol Museum, Pittsburgh; Founding Collection, Contribution The Andy Warhol Foundation for the Visual Arts, Inc. © 2015 The Andy Warhol Museum, Pittsburgh, PA, a museum of Carnegie Institute. All rights reserved. 1997.4.113.141
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…
A 3D-printed tactile reproduction of Andy Warhol's 1986 "Self-Portrait."
The Time Capsules is Warhol’s largest collecting project. He saved source material for his work and an enormous record of his daily life. Warhol started his Time Capsules in 1974…
Andy Warhol, Time Capsule 21, 1928-1974; Bulk: 1950s-1960s 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. TC21.123
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…
Andy Warhol, Jackie, 1964 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. 1998.1.84
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…
This article by Cristina Rouvalis originally appeared in the fall 2016 issue of Carnegie Magazine, a quarterly publication of Carnegie Museums of Pittsburgh. Andy Warhol loved the beauty in others but couldn’t…
Andy Warhol, Be a Somebody with a Body, 1985–86, The Andy Warhol Museum, © The Andy Warhol Foundation for the Visual Arts, Inc.
In 2019, José Carlos Diaz, chief curator at The Andy Warhol Museum, wrote about the Pop artist’s complex Catholic faith in relation to his artistic production. His essay was published…
Andy Warhol, Crosses (Twelve) , 1981–82 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. 1998.1.264