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Silver Studio Session: Nat Baldwin

July 24, 2014 By Ben Harrison

The Warhol welcomes songwriter, vocalist and double bassist, Nat Baldwin on tour supporting his latest release In The Hollows on Western Vinyl Records. Known primarily as a member of the…

A man plays an upright bass in front of a portable screen that is covered by a dark-colored cloth.
Museum Stories

Ultra Violet: Former Rebel, Among the Angels Now

June 16, 2014 By Matt Wrbican

  (Isabelle Collin Dufresne, September 6, 1935-June 14, 2014) A cultural figure who perhaps could only have existed in the 1960s, the actress and artist Ultra Violet achieved fame as…

Museum Stories

Time-Lapse: Halston and Warhol Installation

June 11, 2014 By Alissa Osial

What exactly goes into creating a Warhol exhibition?  This one and a half minute video shows the installation of our latest exhibition Halston and Warhol: Silver and Suede. But don’t…

View of a hallway. On the right side of the hallway is a raised platform upon which mannequins in a variety of garments stand. There is a doorway halfway down the left side of the hall. The wall on one side of the door has multiple reproductions of a person's face painted on it in purple. A portrait of a man hangs in the middle of that wall. The wall on the other side of the door is white. Carts, ladders, and folding tables are lined up against the left side of the hallway.
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Silver Studio Session: Julianna Barwick

June 9, 2014 By Ben Harrison

The Warhol partners with the VIA Music & New Media Festival to present the Brooklyn-based recording artist, Julianna Barwick, in the museum’s theater.  Barwick’s lush compositions and unique ambient aesthetic…

A long-haired person standing at a keyboard speaks into a microphone.
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In Memory of Leee Black Childers

April 10, 2014 By Matt Wrbican

The Warhol Museum commemorates the life and work of our friend, photographer Leee Black Childers, who passed away on April 6 at the age of 68. He was hospitalized after…

Four people sit on a stage with two tables and a three microphones.
Museum Stories

Big Ears Festival 2014

April 5, 2014 By Ben Harrison

I had the absolute pleasure of attending for the first time, the Big Ears Festival in Knoxville, TN over the past weekend. It was humbling and a true honor to…

Exhibition Stories

Andy Warhol’s Silver Clouds: More Than Just Hot Air.

April 3, 2014 By Matt DiClemente

My name is Matthew DiClemente and I work as one of the Art Handlers on The Andy Warhol Museum’s exhibitions team.  The other art handlers and I do many jobs…

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Seventh Floor Installation Time Lapse

March 25, 2014 By Jesse Kowalski

Please enjoy this first look at the construction and installation of the main gallery on the 7th floor of The Warhol Museum.  Many of the artworks and archival photographs are…

Exhibition Stories

Heroes and Villains Makes its Parisian Debut

March 18, 2014 By Jesse Kowalski

I recently had the pleasure of traveling to the Mona Bismarck American Center in Paris for the opening of the exhibition Super Heroes: The Art of Alex Ross.   Conveniently located…