More than 350 works of art created by Andy Warhol (1928-1987) will be reexamined during the “Andy Warhol – From A to B and Back Again” exhibition that will be on view at New York’s Whitney Museum of American Art from November 12, 2018, through March 31, 2019.
The Whitney’s show, which will be the first retrospective of the artist in the U.S. since 1989, will scrutinize Warhol’s forty-year career, from the paintings he created in his childhood living room in Pittsburg to his infamous films of the 1960s and his late-career collaborations with Keith Haring (1958-1990) and Jean-Michel Basquiat (1960-1988).
“Looking in this exhibition at the full sweep of his career makes it clear that Warhol was not just a 20th-century titan but a seer of the 21st century as well,” says Donna De Salvo, Deputy Director for International Initiatives and Senior Curator. “I’ve always felt there was so much attention given to the persona of Warhol that we had trouble looking at the work—and that’s what this exhibition does.”
After its stop in New York, the “Andy Warhol – From A to B and Back Again” exhibition will travel to the San Francisco Museum of Modern Art (May 18, 2019 – September 2, 2019) and the Art Institute of Chicago (October 20, 2019 – January 26, 2020).
Andy Warhol (1928–1987), Ladies and Gentlemen (Wilhelmina Ross), 1975. Acrylic and silkscreen ink on linen, 120 x 80 in. (304.8 x 203.2 cm). Fondation Louis Vuitton, Paris © The Andy Warhol Foundation for the Visual Arts, Inc. / Artists Rights Society (ARS) New York
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“Andy Warhol – From A to B and Back Again”
November 12, 2018 – March 31, 2019
Whitney Museum of American Art
99 Gansevoort Street, New York, NY 10014
Tickets are available at whitney.org/visit