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Basic Data
Andy Warhol is one of the most important artist of the 20th century and one of the leading representatives of Pop art. In 1928, he was born as Andrej Warhola in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. After his training in picture designs in Pittsburgh, he moved to New York, where he worked as commercial artist and illustrator.
- Born: 6 August 1928
- Died on: 22 February 1987
- Place of birth: Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA
- Nationality: American
- Studied at: Carnegie Institute of Technology Pittsburgh
- Similar artists: Roy Lichtenstein, Jim Dine, Robert Indiana, Robert Rauschenberg
- Era: Modern art
- Stylistic direction: Pop art, figurative art
Exhibitions
Recent exhibitions
- 15.03.2023 – 14.01.2024 On Stage. Kunst als Bühne – MUMOK Wien.
- 12.02.2023 – 30.04.2023 I’ll Be Your Mirror: Art and the Digital Screen – Modern, Fort Worth.
Past exhibitions
- 30.10.2022 – 08.01.2023 JUBILÄUMSAUSSTELLUNG - Fondation Beyeler, Riehen/Basel.
- 14.10.2022 – 22.01.2023 Museum Ludwig, Cologne - History of a Collection with Civic Commitments - The National Museum of Modern Art, Kyoto.
- 11.10.2022 – 22.01.2023 Joan Didion: What She Means - The Hammer Museum, Los Angeles.
- 15.09.2022 – 14.01.2023 MIX & MATCH - Pinakothek der Moderne, Munich
- 24.08.2022 – 29.01.2023 Delivery in Art at MMCA Cheongju - National Museum of Modern and Contemporary Art, Korea.
- 22.07.2022 – 08.01.2023 New York: 1962-1964 - The Jewish Museum, New York City.
- 10.06.2022 – 09.10.2022 Balance - Hamburger Bahnhof - Museum für Gegenwart, Berlin.
- 24.02.2022 – 19.06.2022 Welt in der Schwebe - Luft als künstlerisches Material* - Kunstmuseum Bonn.
- 27.11.2021 – 08.05.2022 POP ART: From Warhol to Panamarenko – S.M.A.K Ghent.
- 14.10.2021 – 13.02.2022 Nothing is Lost - Art and Matter in Transformation – GAMeC Bergamo.
- 24.09.2021 - 09.01.2022 The Cool and the Cold. Malerei aus den USA und der UdSSR 1960–1990 - Gropius Bau, Berlin.
- 19.09.2021 - 14.11.2021 Das Ensemble schreibt das Stück. 70 Jahre heute - Museum Morsbroich, Leverkusen.
- 16.09.2021 - 09.01.2022 max bill global - Zentrum Paul Klee, Bern.
- 03.07.2021 - 10.10.2021 Andy Warhol. Becoming Andy Warhol - UCCA - Ullens Center for Contemporary Art, Beijing.
- 27.02.2021 – 26.09.2021 wild/schön - Kunsthalle Emden.
- 12.12.2020 - 18.04.2021 Andy Warhol Now - Museum Ludwig Köln, Cologne.
- 06.10.2020 - 27.11.2020 Dreamsongs: From Medicine To Demons To Artificial Intelligence - Colnaghi London.
- 25.09.2020 - 31.01.2021 DEFROSTING THE ICEBOX - MUMOK Wien, Vienna.
- 25.09.2020 - 31.01.2021 ANDY WARHOL EXHIBITS a glittering alternative – MUMOK Wien, Vienna.
- 25.08.2020 - 24.01.2021 MONOCULTURE - A Recent History – MuHKA – Museum of Contemporary Art Antwerp.
- 01.07.2020 - 06.01.2021 MISFITTING TOGETHER - MUMOK Wien, Vienna
- 20.06.2020 - 11.10.2020 Mapping the Collection – Museum Ludwig Köln, Cologne.
- 02.06.2020 - 27.09.2020 Yael Davids: A Daily Practice – Van Abbemuseum, Eindhoven.
- 01.06.2020 - 13.09.2020 Some Mysterious Process - Art Gallery NSW, Sydney.
- 24.04.2020 - 06.09.2020 The Cool and the Cold. - Gropius Bau, Berlin.
- 03.04.2020 - 26.07.2020 Pop on Paper. Von Warhol bis Lichtenstein - Kulturforum Berlin / Gemäldegalerie.
- 12.03.2020 - 15.11.2020 ANDY WARHOL – Tate Modern, London.
- 10.03.2020 - 28.06.2020 Photography’s Last Century - The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York City.
- 19.02.2020 - 26.07.2020 Amuse-bouche. The Taste of Art - Museum Tinguely, Basel.
- 08.02.2020 - 06.09.2020 SIGHT SEEING. Die Welt als Attraktion - Kunsthalle Emden.
- 08.02.2020 - 23.08.2020 Home Stories - Vitra Design Museum - Weil am Rhein.
- 07.02.2020 - 02.08.2020 Trauern - Von Verlust und Veränderung - Hamburger Kunsthalle, Hamburg.
- 20.10.2019 - 16.02.2020 Andy Warhol - Revelation - Andy Warhol Museum, Pittsburgh.
- 19.10.2019 - 12.01.2020 AMERIKA! DISNEY, ROCKWELL, POLLOCK, WARHOL - Bucerius Kunst Forum, Hamburg.
- 19.05.2019 02.09.2019 Andy Warhol - From A to B and Back Again - San Francisco Museum of Modern Art, San Francisco.
- 26.01.2019 - 18.03.2019 FROM GESTURE TO FORM - Peggy Guggenheim Collection, Venice.
- 17.11.2018 - 02.06.2019 Andy Warhol and Eduardo Paolozzi | I want to be a machine - Scottish National Galleries, Edinburgh.
- 12.11.2018 - 31.03.2019 ANDY WARHOL—FROM A TO B AND BACK AGAIN - Whitney Museum of American Art, New York City.
- 15.09.2018 - 17.02.2019 WARHOL 1968 - Moderna Museet, Stockholm.
- 12.07.2018 - 14.10.2018 A Tale of Two Worlds - Museo de Arte Moderno de Buenos Aires.
- 09.12.2017 - 21.05.2018 AMERICA! AMERICA! HOW REAL IS REAL? - Museum Frieder Burda, Baden-Baden.
- 09.03.2017 - 18.06.2017 The American Dream - pop to the present - British Museum, London.
- 21.10.2016 - 27.03.2017 An Imagined Museum. Works from the Centre Pompidou, Tate and MMK collections - Centre Pompidou-Metz, Paris.
- 04.06.2016 - 28.08.2016 Andy Warhol | Ai Weiwei - Andy Warhol Museum, Pittsburgh.
- 26.02.2016 - 02.10.2016 Andy Warhol. Shadows - Guggenheim Bilbao.
Awards
- 1956: 35th Annual Art Award for Distinctive Merit.
- 1957: 36th Annual Art Directors Club Medal and Award of Distinctive Merit.
- 1964: Independent Film Award from Film Culture magazine.
Films
- Andy Warhol, Documentation by Kim Evans, 77min, Germany 2008.
- Andy Warhol: A Documentary Film, Documentation by Ric Burns, 230min, USA 2006.
Literature
- Drag & draw. Andy Warhol, the unknown fifties, Nina Schleif, Munich 2018.
- Andy Warhol. Polaroids 1958-1987, Reuel Golden (Publ.), Cologne 2017.
- Andy Warhol: 1928 - 1987, Klaus Honnef, Cologne 2015.
- Andy Warhol. the Life years 1949-1959, exhibition catalog, Alexandra Barcal, Olaf Kunde & Paul Tanner, Munich 2015.
- Factory made: working with Warhol, Bildband, Ulli Lommel, Munich 2015.
- Factory Man: die Lebensgeschichte des Andy Warhol, Maren Gottschalk, Basel 2015.
- Andy Warhol - death and disaster, exhibition catalog, Ingrid Mössinger (Publ.), Chemnitz 2014.
- Andy Warhol: the complete commissioned posters, 1964 - 1987, Paul Maréchal, Munich, London, NewYork 2014.
- Warhol, Catherine Ingram, Hamburg 2014.
- Reading Andy Warhol, exhibition catalog, Nina Schleif (Publ.), Ostfildern 2013.
- Andy Warhol. From Silverpoint to Silver Screen. 1950s Drawings, Daniel Blau (Publ.), Munich 2012.
Own Writings
- America. Harpercollins, Andy Warhol, New York 1985.
- The Philosophy of Andy Warhol (From A to B and Back Again), Andy Warhol, New York, London 1975.
- A: A Novel, Andy Warhol, New York 1968.
Collections
Germany
- Baden-Baden - Museum Frieder Burda
- Berlin - Hamburger Bahnhof
- Essen - Museum Folkwang
- Hamburg - Hamburger Kunsthalle
England
- London - Tate Collection
Japan
- Kanazawa - 21st Century Museum of Contemporary Art
- Tokyo - Hara Museum of Contemporary Art
Canada
- Ottawa - National Gallery of Canada
Netherlands
- Amsterdam - Stedelijk Museum
Austria
- Vienna - Museum Moderner Kunst (MUMOK)
- Vienna - Albertina
Slovakia
- Medzilaborce - The Andy Warhol Museum of Modern Art
Spain
- Bilbao - Guggenheim Bilbao
USA
- Cleveland - Cleveland Museum of Art
- Kansas City - Kemper Museum of Contemporary Art
- Los Angeles - Los Angeles County Museum of Art (LACMA)
- Los Angeles - The Museum of Contemporary Art (MOCA)
- New York - The Museum of Modern Art (MOMA)
- New York - Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum
- New York - The Metropolitan Museum of Art
- Pittsburgh - Andy Warhol Museum
- Washington D.C. - The National Gallery of Art
Weblinks
- Andy Warhol Kunstaspekte Exhibition and collection overview.
- Andy Warhol Museum Detailled biography and artwork overview.
