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Recurring Event FREE Community Day & Public Opening: Andy Warhol | Ai Weiwei

Artist Ai Weiwei stands in front of six portraits of Andy Warhol and mimics his pensive pose

Ai Weiwei, At the Museum of Modern Art, 1987, From the New York Photographs series 1983–93, Collection of Ai Weiwei, © Ai Weiwei; Andy Warhol artwork © The Andy Warhol Foundation for the Visual Arts, Inc.

View the Andy Warhol | Ai Weiwei exhibition website.

The Warhol offers free general admission 10 a.m. to 10 p.m., Friday, June 3, 2016, to celebrate the opening of Andy Warhol | Ai Weiwei, a major international exhibition featuring two significant artists of the 20th and 21st centuries—Andy Warhol and Ai Weiwei.

1:30–5 p.m. – Visitors of all ages are invited to explore the creative practice of Andy Warhol and Ai Weiwei through various art-making and studio activities in The Factory in the museum’s underground.

3 p.m. – Visitors of all ages explore key artworks and themes in the exhibition Andy Warhol | Ai Weiwei during a 30-minute gallery talk.

5–10 p.m. – Enjoy a cash bar in the museum’s entrance space.

7–10 p.m. – DJ Pete Spynda (PANDEMIC) spins in the museum’s entrance space.

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Gallery Talks

A man in a purple button-up shirt leads a group of educators through a gallery during teacher open house.

Photo by Sean Carroll

The Factory

Photograph of two children creating a screenprint with the help of another person in The Factory studio of The Andy Warhol Museum.

Photo by Sean Carroll

Fifteen Minutes Eternal

Black and white film still. A teenage Andy Warhol sits on a stoop, surrounded by family members.

Youth Open Studio

Two artists work on creating a print at a table in front of a wall filled with prints made by other artists.