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Past Event In Discussion: Chief Archivist Matt Wrbican with author Jamie Warhola

Best in Children's Books, 'The Magic Porridge Pot' illustrated by Andy Warhol, 1959, Published by Doubleday and Company, Inc., Garden City, NY, The Andy Warhol Museum, Pittsburgh

Best in Children's Books, “The Magic Porridge Pot” illustrated by Andy Warhol, 1959, Published by Doubleday and Company, Inc., Garden City, NY, The Andy Warhol Museum, Pittsburgh

Jamie Warhola, award-winning illustrator and one of Warhol’s 10 nieces and nephews, discusses his Uncle Andy’s illustrations for children’s books, such as in The Best in Children’s Books from the late 1950s and early 1960s. This program is presented in conjunction with the exhibition Warhol By the Book.

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Dandy Andy: Warhol’s Queer History

A black and white photograph shows Andy Warhol from the chest up in drag, wearing a short coiffed brown wig, heavy face powder, black eyeliner, and dark red lipstick. He turns his head slightly and stares at the camera, with a loose white blouse unbuttoned at the neck.

Andy Warhol, Small Acetate (Self-Portrait in Drag), 1980
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.
1998.3.1135