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Paola Pivi: Creation Stories and Making Possible the Impossible

June 10, 2022 By José Carlos Diaz

In the Old Testament’s Book of Genesis, God created the universe in one week. The land animals and man appeared on the sixth day. In this creation narrative, the first…

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Warhol At Pitt: When Andy Returned to Pittsburgh

April 1, 2022 By Grace Marston

Andy Warhol is one of the most famous Pittsburghers in American history, yet his storied and often scandalous career in New York City tends to overshadow his Rust Belt roots.…

Man stands next to car across from woman.
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Jessica Beck in Conversation with Franklin Sirmans

November 12, 2021 By Jessica Beck and Franklin Sirmans

Marisol and Warhol Take New York is the culmination of four years of collaborative planning and research. Conversations with the catalogue contributors and program partners enriched every aspect of the…

Curators Jessica Beck and Franklin Sirmans in a side-by-side portrait.
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Just American

July 31, 2021 By José Carlos Diaz

Andy Warhol began his publication America (1985) with a reflection on his early years and the universal curiosity about life beyond our limited boundaries: Everybody has their own America, and…

Warhol, seated at a table signing copies of his book 'America,' against the backdrop of an American flag and a man dressed as an angel.
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The Pop Politics of Warhol’s Presidential Portraits

June 4, 2021 By Grace Marston

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
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‘America’ (n): A Creation Myth

April 23, 2021 By Alan Palaez Lopez

“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.
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Ricky Powell was the Eyes of a Vanishing New York

February 12, 2021 By Matthew Newton

“I’ve seen New York City get invaded and infested by cornballs,” Ricky Powell recently told Interview magazine. “A lot of the cool, interesting people are gone.” Powell, the photographer who…

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Lessons Learned in Pittsburgh

November 25, 2020 By Blake Gopnik

Twenty minutes up from the Warholas’ house, the Carnegie Institute was an inescapable landmark of downtown Oakland. Its grand concert hall, museums and library (a special favorite of Warhol’s) filled…

Warhol, standing behind a glass window, looks out at the viewer.
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How Warhol’s Complicated Relationship with Catholicism Influenced his Art

August 20, 2020 By José Carlos Diaz

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…