Warhol Focus – The Andy Warhol Museum

Altered States

Ongoing

Three rows of four oxidation paintings. Each painting features a patch of deep blue-green oxidation against a copper background. Some of the paintings near the top of the arrangement also include silver. The paintings in the lower portion of the arrangement tend to be darker. — Andy Warhol, Oxidation Painting (in 12 parts), 1978
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.
1998.1.214

Unseen: Permanent Collection Works

November 2, 2023 – March 4, 2024

Canvas painted solid red with black border. — Andy Warhol, Red "Blank", ca. 1963
The Andy Warhol Museum, Pittsburgh
Gift of Mr. and Mrs. Irving Blum
© The Andy Warhol Foundation for the Visual Arts, Inc.
2014.31

The Velvet Underground & Nico: Scepter Studio Sessions

May 12 – September 25, 2023

Cover art for The Velvet Underground & Nico, a screen printed image of a banana with Andy Warhol's signature below it — The Velvet Underground, *The Velvet Underground & Nico*, 1967
The Andy Warhol Museum, Pittsburgh; Founding Collection, Contribution The Andy Warhol Foundation for the Visual Arts, Inc.

Andy Warhol’s Social Network: Interview, Television and Portraits

September 24, 2022 – March 20, 2023

A painting consisting of a burnt sienna background and illustrations of dollar signs. There are 20 illustrations total, arranged in four rows of five. Each dollar sign is rendered in varying colors, from bright blues and oranges to deep purples and reds. It appears as if the dollar signs were first screen printed with opaque silhouettes, and then overlaid with a dollar sign template that appears more painterly, as if sketched with colored pencils. — Andy Warhol, *Dollar Sign*, 1981
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.
1998.1.249

Marisol and Warhol Take New York

October 14, 2021 – February 14, 2022

Black and white photograph of Andy Warhol and Marisol with the Empire State Building in the background. — David McCabe, *Andy Warhol and Marisol with the Empire State Building*, 1965
The Andy Warhol Museum, Pittsburgh; Contribution The Andy Warhol Foundation for the Visual Arts, Inc.
Photograph by David McCabe
2001.2.2065

Femme Touch

June 26, 2020 – January 3, 2021

Black and white photograph of two people standing next to each other. There is smoke in front of their faces. The person on the left has light hair and is looking to their left. The person on the right has dark hair and has their right wrist, which has many bracelets on it, on top of their head while looking towards the camera. — Peter Beard, *Donna Jordan and Jane Forth*, ca. 1970, © 2019 Peter Beard / Licensed by Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York

Andy Warhol: Revelation

October 20, 2019 – March 1, 2020

Screen print of Raphael’s Sistine Madonna in black and white with pops of blue and pink. A vertical, yellow 6.99 on a red, oval background that looks similar to a price tag is in the upper left corner. — Andy Warhol, *Raphael Madonna-$6.99*, 1985
The Andy Warhol Museum; Founding Collection, Contribution The Andy
Warhol Foundation for the Visual Arts, Inc.
© The Andy Warhol Foundation for the Visual Arts, Inc.
1998.1.358

The Chelsea Girls Exploded

February 21, 2019 – March 22, 2020

Film stills side-by-side. The film still on the left is a close up of a woman with long, blond hair looking downward. Her right index finger is in her mouth. The still on the right is a close up of a man in black and white with dark hair looking towards the left of the frame. — Andy Warhol, The Chelsea Girls, 1966. Pictured: Nico / Ondine, ©2018 The Andy Warhol Museum, Pittsburgh, PA, a museum of Carnegie Institute. All rights reserved.

Adman: Warhol Before Pop

April 27 – September 2, 2018

A watercolor painting of a leg from the knee down that is purple in color with designs painted in black. The foot of the leg is in a high heel shoe that is yellow with pink designs on it and a pink strap on the top. December Shoe is written in cursive writing below the shoe and Andy Warhol's signature is in the bottom-right corner. — Andy Warhol, Shoe and Leg ("December Shoe"), ca. 1956
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.
2000.2.1275

Andy Warhol: Stars of the Silver Screen

June 16 – September 24, 2017

A collection of black and white photographs of celebrities surround a photo album with the word photographs. — Andy Warhola's childhood movie star scrapbook, ca. 1938–42, The Andy Warhol Museum, Pittsburgh, founding collection, contribution The Andy Warhol Foundation for the Visual Arts, Inc.

Andy Warhol: My Perfect Body

October 21, 2016 – January 22, 2017

2016-10-My_Perfect_Body-250 — Edward Wallowitch, *Andy Warhol with Face in Hands*, 1957–58, The Andy Warhol Museum, Pittsburgh, Contribution The Andy Warhol Foundation for the Visual Arts, Inc., © Estate of Edward Wallowitch. All rights reserved.

Warhol By the Book

October 10, 2015 – January 10, 2016

6_Andy_Warhol_In_the_Bottom_of_My_Garden_ca_1956_AWF_250px — In the Bottom of My Garden, 1956
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.
1998.1.1437

13 Most Wanted Men: Andy Warhol and the 1964 World’s Fair

September 27, 2014 – January 4, 2015

CAL_20140616_13mostwanted_main — Images:Andy Warhol, *Most Wanted Men No. 2, John Victor G.*, 1964. ©The Andy Warhol Foundation for the Visual Arts, Inc

Warhol: Headlines

October 14, 2012 – January 6, 2013

CAL_20120809_headlines_main — Andy Warhol, *Daily News*, c. 1967, The Andy Warhol Museum, Pittsburgh, © 2011 The Andy Warhol Foundation for the Visual Arts, Inc. / Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York

Warhol and Cars: American Icons

February 5 – May 20, 2012

Andy Warhol: The College Years

August 6, 2010 – January 2, 2011

CAL_20110714_andywarholcollegeyears_main — L2010.2.1Andy Warhol (American, 1928-1987)Nosepicker I: Why Pick on Me (originally titled The Lord Gave Me My Face but I Can Pick My Own Nose), 1948Tempera on boardThe Andy Warhol Museum, Pittsburgh; Museum Loan, Paul Warhola Family© The Andy Warhol Foundation for the Visual Arts, Inc.

Dirty Art: Andy Warhol’s Torsos and Sex Parts

July 23 – October 4, 2010

A multicolored print of two identical male torsos side by side. — Andy WarholTorso (Double), ca. 1982, Screenprint on TH Saunders Waterford (Hot Pressed) paper, The Andy Warhol Museum, Pittsburgh; Founding Collection, Contribution The Andy Warhol Foundation for the Visual Arts, Inc.1998.1.2644

I Just Want to Watch: Warhol’s Film, Video, and Television

March 1, 2010 – March 19, 2014

CAL_20100917_AndyWarholLupe1965cAWM — Andy Warhol, *Lupe,* 1965. ©AWM

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