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Art as an Equalizer

This story originally appeared in the fall 2016 issue of Carnegie Magazine, a quarterly publication of Carnegie Museums of Pittsburgh. Story by Julie Hannon and photography by Renee Rosensteel. A new…

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The boy in the center of the image tosses a large cube with a picture of a smiling young women on the viable side of the cube. His mother, to his left, looks on smiling.

My Perfect, Imperfect Body

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…

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Black and white silkscreen with the text in white bubble letter outlined in black Be a somebody with a body in the upper left of the canvas. In the lower right is painted a muscular man from the waist up, arms folder across his chest. He is also white outlined in black.

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Instagram Takeover: @52museums

We’re halfway through our @52museums takeover on Instagram, joining museums around the world in managing the account one week at a time. Created by Mar Dixon, and inspired by Chris…

Composite image of four photographs: walking man sculpture in white gallery space (top left); white funnel sculpture against night sky (top right); museum facade (bottom left); complete dinosaur skeleton (bottom right).

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.

Meeooaaww-AW-AWW

The following is an excerpt from Matt Wrbican’s essay “Meeooaaww-AW-AWW” about Andy Warhol, Ai Weiwei, and cats that appears in the exhibition catalogue Andy Warhol | Ai Weiwei. The catalogue…

A black and white photograph of Andy Warhol holding a kitten in front of a window draped in white cloth.

Andy Warhol, Clark candy, and the Pittsburgh flood

My father John Warhola was Andy Warhol’s older brother. He had so many wonderful stories of what it was like growing up as one of the “Warhola” boys. He would talk…

Photograph of Andy Warhol as a young boy about eight years old.

Face Time: Adil Mansoor

Image: Adil Mansoor, photo by Joshua Franzos This text by Betsy Momich originally appeared in the spring 2016 issue of Carnegie Magazine, a quarterly publication of Carnegie Museums of Pittsburgh. By his estimate,…

Adil Mansoor

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.

In Memoriam: Ellsworth Kelly (May 31, 1923–December 27, 2015), recalling a brief memory of Andy Warhol, which he shared with me

The recent passing of this great American artist calls to my mind a wonderful memory of him, and the fragment of a memory, which he generously shared with me. For…

Andy Warhol & Selfies

Presidential candidates, dignitaries, tourists, and Kim Kardashian all do it—we all take “selfies.” The self-taken photograph composed by turning the camera lens on oneself has become an indelible (and sometimes…

In this black and white photograph, Andy Warhol appears from the shoulders up on the left side of the image. He wears a hooded jacket and dark sunglasses.