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Ricky Powell was the Eyes of a Vanishing New York

“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…

Lessons Learned in Pittsburgh

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…

How Warhol’s Complicated Relationship with Catholicism Influenced his Art

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…

Warhol’s Confession: Love, Faith, and AIDs

In 2018, Jessica Beck, Milton Fine curator of art, wrote about Warhol as a queer artist in the age of AIDs, a topic considered taboo until only recently. Her essay…

Screen print of two Leonardo da Vinci’s “The Last Supper” side by side in pink and black.

Warhol’s Visit to “Fighter’s Heaven”

Muhammad Ali’s global impact as an athlete, orator, and social activist made him a monumental pop culture icon. In August of 1977—after a lecture tour of thirteen European cities and…

Screen print of Muhammad Ali bust with yellow background. His chin rests on his right first.

Andy Warhol Talks about Donald Trump throughout the Mid-1980s

Does the Internet need another blog post about Donald Trump? Probably not. But Andy Warhol always followed the headlines and depicted the trending topics of the time in his artwork.…

The cover of the book The Andy Warhol Diaries.

A Modest Memoir of a Cultural Giant, David Bowie

David Bowie was a huge fan of Andy Warhol. About 20 years different in age, both men often transformed their physical appearance (Bowie more radically so than Warhol) and were…