José Carlos Diaz

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Paola Pivi: Creation Stories and Making Possible the Impossible

In the Old Testament’s Book of Genesis, God created the universe in one week. The land animals and man appeared on the sixth day. In this creation narrative, the first…

Just American

Andy Warhol began his publication America (1985) with a reflection on his early years and the universal curiosity about life beyond our limited boundaries: Everybody has their own America, and…

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Alan Pelaez Lopez and Jessica Lanay Moore Discuss ‘Fantasy America’

On Tuesday, July 13 at 1 p.m. EDT, please join us for the YouTube Premiere of a conversation between Jessica Lanay Moore and Alan Pelaez Lopez, authors of the Fantasy…

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Kambui Olujimi

This conversation with Kambui Olujimi, recorded in September, is a follow up from my last studio visit in March, during the Armory Show and the initial outbreak of the COVID-19…

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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…