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Wednesday, February 19, 2020

Exhibitions

Andy Warhol: Revelation
Through March 1, 2020

Andy Warhol: Revelation is the first exhibition to comprehensively examine the Pop artist’s deeply rooted Catholic faith in relation to his artistic production.
Born in Pittsburgh to a devout Byzantine Catholic family, Warhol grew up attending multiple weekly services at his local church with his mother, Julia Warhola. For hours, he would stare at the icon paintings of Christ and the saints that hung in the elaborate iconostasis, or icon screen, at the front of the nave. Using The Warhol’s robust holdings of the artist’s early works, the exhibition will trace the influence of his religious roots in Pittsburgh to his Pop career in New York City.

Throughout his life as a celebrity artist, Warhol retained some of his Catholic practices when his peers were distancing themselves from their religious backgrounds. As a queer man, Warhol may have felt a sense of guilt and fear towards the Catholic Church, which kept him from fully immersing himself in the faith. Nevertheless, he used various media to explore this tension through his art.

Revelation features over 100 objects from the museum’s permanent collection, including archival materials, drawings, paintings, prints and film. Rare source material and newly discovered items will provide an intimate look on Warhol’s creative process. Through both obscure works such as the “sunset” film commission from 1967, and late masterpieces like the pink Last Supper (1986), the exhibition will present a fresh perspective on the artist.

Andy Warhol: Revelation is curated by José Carlos Diaz, chief curator at The Warhol. The exhibition includes a full-color catalogue with contributions from Diaz and Miranda Lash, curator of contemporary art at the Speed Art Museum.

Andy Warhol: Revelation is presented by Bank of America, and supported in part by an award from the National Endowment for the Arts, and the Fine Foundation, and William A. Stevens.

Femme Touch
April 24–September 6, 2020

This museum-wide exhibition is centered around the women and femmes who were intertwined with Andy Warhol’s life and career. From transgender icons and stalwart members of the underground scene, to the artist’s mother and his radical would-be assassin, women and femmes in Warhol’s world played crucial roles in every area of his life and practice. This exhibition shines a light on their stories, whose contributions have often been overlooked in retellings of Warhol’s story. In the museum’s second floor gallery, rare Warhol color films and popular paintings will offer new narratives about the individuals depicted.

Femme Touch will also transform five floors of the museum’s permanent collection galleries to position Warhol’s work in dialogue with artifacts and artwork from the lives of these fascinating women and femmes. The exhibition also brings forth areas of the museum’s archives, an extensive holding of over half a million diverse objects, and Warhol’s films, many of which are being newly restored and digitized in an ongoing preservation initiative.

Through cross-departmental collaboration, curators, educators and archivists have come together to develop the exhibition which showcases individuals such as Candy Darling, Tally Brown, Donna Jordan, Jane Forth, Julia Warhola, Barbara Rubin, Mario Montez, Brigid Berlin and Valerie Solanas. As the museum celebrates its twenty-fifth anniversary, this investigation into the lives and careers of the women and femmes who impacted Warhol will elicit a better understanding of the artist’s worldview and the social contexts in which he operated.

Femme Touch is organized by José Carlos Diaz, chief curator, with Nicole Dezelon, associate director of learning; Ben Harrison, curator of performing arts and special projects; Geralyn Huxley, curator of film and video; Danielle Linzer, director of learning and public engagement; and Greg Pierce, associate curator of film and video.

Femme Touch is presented by Bank of America and Steven Alan Bennett and Dr. Elaine Melotti Schmidt, Founders of The Bennett Collection of Women Realists.

 

Programs

Dandy Andy: Warhol’s Queer History
Saturday, February 29, 2020
3 p.m.

Join artist educators for Dandy Andy, a monthly tour that focuses on Warhol’s queer history. While his sexuality is frequently suppressed or debated, Warhol was a gay man who had several partners throughout his life. Warhol’s boyfriends, including Edward Wallowitch, John Giorno, and Jed Johnson, were also his colleagues and collaborators, helping to shape and define his career as an artist. This tour traces Warhol’s romantic relationships and queer identity against the backdrop of the historical gay rights movement in the United States. Tours meet on the museum’s seventh floor.
Free with museum admission

Sound Series: Beyond Microtonal Music Festival featuring Ray-Kallay Duo and MikroEnsemble
Saturday, February 29, 2020
8 p.m.
The Warhol theater

Co-presented with Music on the Edge series of the University of Pittsburgh Department of Music
Pianists Vicki Ray and Aron Kallay of the Ray-Kallay Duo are dedicated to expanding the sonic possibilities of the multiple keyboard concert, often using two acoustic grands, two keyboards or combinations of both. MikroEnsemble is a Finland-based contemporary music group specializing in microtonal music. The core of the ensemble’s instrumentation is formed by new instruments specifically designed for quarter-tone playing. The newest of these instruments is the quarter-tone piano, built by Otso Haapamäki in 2015.
Doors open at 7:30 p.m.
Tickets: $15/$10 students and seniors in advance; $20/$15 students and seniors at the door; Visit warhol.org

Sound Series: Beyond Microtonal Music Festival featuring Del Sol String Quartet and FretX Guitar Duo
Sunday, March 1, 2020
8 p.m.
The Warhol theater

Co-presented with Music on the Edge series of the University of Pittsburgh Department of Music
The Del Sol String Quartet’s collaborative performance projects and chamber music programs explore narratives and cultures from around the world, reflecting the stories and sounds of the Pacific Rim. From the ethnic music of his native Balkans to extreme avant-garde and microtonal music, FretX’s Mak Grgic’s roles as soloist, collaborator and recording artist are fueled by curiosity, imagination and boundless energy. Guitarist Daniel Lippel, of FretX, has carved out a unique and diverse career that ranges through solo and chamber music performances, innovative commissioning and recording projects, and performances in diverse contexts.
Doors open at 7:30 p.m.
Tickets: $15/$10 students and seniors in advance; $20/$15 students and seniors at the door; Visit warhol.org

Sensory Friendly Morning Workshop for Teens and Young Adults
Saturday, March 14, 2020
9:15–11 a.m.

Join The Warhol for an inclusive workshop for teens and young adults (ages 13-24) with sensory sensitivity needs. Participants will visit the galleries before the museum is open to the public and apply Andy Warhol’s techniques to their own artwork in the studio. Attendance is limited to 20 people, and pre-registration is required. A visual schedule and other orientation materials will be provided prior to the workshop. Please contact access@warhol.org with specific questions or needs.
Doors open at 9 a.m. Free parking available in The Warhol lot.
Free; Registration is required. Visit warhol.org

Half-Pint Prints
Wednesday, March 18, 2020
10 a.m.–12 p.m.
The Factory

Families work with The Warhol’s artist educators to create silkscreen prints during this drop-in silkscreen printing activity for children ages 1 to 4 years old.
Free with museum admission; Registration is required; Visit warhol.org

Sound Series: Jonathan Richman with Tommy Larkins
Wednesday, March 25, 2020
8 p.m.
Carnegie Lecture Hall (Oakland)

Co-presented with WYEP
The Warhol welcomes back the highly influential singer-songwriter, Jonathan Richman, on a tour supporting his latest Blue Arrow Records release Sa, an album largely inspired by Indian ragas. The new record marked a reunion with his Modern Lovers bandmate Jerry Harrison, as producer. Richman has been performing consistently over the last 30 years, beginning with his pioneering band, the Modern Lovers, in the early 1970s. The band’s minimalist approach and forthright songs were influenced by The Velvet Underground and are often referred to as “protopunk” and credited for laying the groundwork for punk and new wave.
Doors open at 7 p.m.
Tickets: $18/$15 members & students; Visit warhol.org

Unique! Pageant
Friday, March 27, 2020
6:30–9 p.m.
The Warhol theater

Co-presented with Diamonix Productions and Flaming Ace Productions
The Warhol is hosting the first Unique! Pageant, an inclusive drag and variety show that is accessible for performers, judges and audiences with disabilities. In 2018, Unique! started as a sensory friendly and family-friendly drag and variety show. The judges will crown a Mr. Unique!, Ms. Unique! and Mx. Unique! for the year of 2020 at this show that everyone can enjoy. Please contact access@warhol.org with specific accommodation requests or questions.
This event is to raise awareness for Self-Advocates United as 1, a statewide disability nonprofit.
Doors open at 6 p.m.
Free

Dandy Andy: Warhol’s Queer History
Saturday, March 28, 2020
3 p.m.

Join artist educators for Dandy Andy, a monthly tour that focuses on Warhol’s queer history. While his sexuality is frequently suppressed or debated, Warhol was a gay man who had several partners throughout his life. Warhol’s boyfriends, including Edward Wallowitch, John Giorno, and Jed Johnson, were also his colleagues and collaborators, helping to shape and define his career as an artist. This tour traces Warhol’s romantic relationships and queer identity against the backdrop of the historical gay rights movement in the United States. Tours meet on the museum’s seventh floor.
Free with museum admission

Sound Series: An Evening with Vieux Farka Touré
Wednesday, April 1, 2020
8 p.m.
The Warhol entrance space

Co-presented with WYEP
The Warhol welcomes back Malian singer and guitarist, Vieux Farka Touré. The son of Grammy-winning musician Ali Farka Touré, Vieux’s globally-minded music blends traditional African melodies and instrumentation with modern electric guitar and rock structures. His 2017 release, Samba (meaning second son in his native Songhai) was recorded in front of a live studio audience in Woodstock, New York.
Doors open at 7:30 p.m.
Tickets: $20/$15 members & students; Visit warhol.org

Sound Series: Roger C. Miller and Ludovico Ensemble
Friday, April 3, 2020
8 p.m.
The Warhol theater

Co-presented with Music on the Edge series of the University of Pittsburgh Department of Music
The Warhol welcomes Roger C. Miller, most prominently known as a founding member of Mission of Burma and for his longtime membership of Alloy Orchestra, which showcases a different musical perspective, blending elements of classical and rock music, influenced by everyday phenomena as well as surrealism. This concert features Miller on electric guitar with loops, devices and electronics, creating a one-person orchestra for compositions that are organically structured by writings from his dream journal. The second set of the evening features Miller’s music for String Quartet instrumentation performed by Boston’s own Ludovico Ensemble, and culminates in “Music for String Quartet and Two Turn-tables,” with Miller joining in on the turntables.
Doors open at 7:30 p.m.
Tickets: $15/$12 members & students; Visit warhol.org

Youth Invasion 2020
Friday, April 17, 2020
5–10 p.m.

The Warhol is excited to present Youth Invasion! This annual program features teens’ unique take on Andy Warhol’s artwork, with their points of view, ideas, and creative expressions energizing the entire museum. Pittsburgh area youth are invited to contribute their talents in the performing arts to the program. This year will highlight the release of a youth driven publication created by The Warhol’s Youth Arts Council.
Free

Dandy Andy: Warhol’s Queer History
Saturday, April 25, 2020
3 p.m.

Join artist educators for Dandy Andy, a monthly tour that focuses on Warhol’s queer history. While his sexuality is frequently suppressed or debated, Warhol was a gay man who had several partners throughout his life. Warhol’s boyfriends, including Edward Wallowitch, John Giorno, and Jed Johnson, were also his colleagues and collaborators, helping to shape and define his career as an artist. This tour traces Warhol’s romantic relationships and queer identity against the backdrop of the historical gay rights movement in the United States. Tours meet on the museum’s seventh floor.
Free with museum admission

Barbara Rubin & the Exploding NY Underground (2018) with director Chuck Smith and executive producer Elizabeth Sheldon in person
Friday, April 24, 2020
7–9:30 p.m.
The Warhol theater

Underground filmmaker Barbara Rubin’s 1964 art-porn masterpiece Christmas on Earth, made when she was only 18 years old, shattered creative and sexist boundaries and shocked NYC’s experimental film scene. Working with Jonas Mekas at the Filmmaker’s Coop, Rubin was instrumental in creating NYC’s thriving underground film community and a rare female voice in a world of powerful men. A rebellious Zelig of the Sixties, she introduced Andy Warhol to the Velvet Underground and Bob Dylan to the Kabbalah. But beyond shaping the spirit of the Sixties, Barbara was seeking the deeper meaning of life. After retiring to a farm with Allen Ginsberg, she shocked everyone by becoming a Hasidic Jew. How and why did one of the 1960’s freest spirits submit to a religious life?  For years, 94-year-old filmmaker Jonas Mekas has saved all of Barbara’s letters and cherished her memory. Working with Mekas’ footage and rare clips from The Warhol’s archives, the film takes us inside the world and mind of Barbara Rubin; a woman who truly believed that film could change the world and who then vanished into obscurity.
Femme Touch is presented by Bank of America and Steven Alan Bennett and Dr. Elaine Melotti Schmidt, Founders of The Bennett Collection of Women Realists.
Free; Registration is required. Visit warhol.org

Sound Series: Joan Shelley with special guest Nathan Bowles
Thursday, April 30, 2020
8 p.m.
The Warhol theater

Co-presented with Calliope: The Pittsburgh Folk Music Society
The Warhol welcomes back by popular demand, Louisville, Kentucky-based singer/songwriter Joan Shelley. Returning to the museum’s intimate theater, with collaborator Nathan Salsburg, supporting her latest release, Like the River Loves the Sea on No Quarter Records. The album, recorded at Iceland’s Greenhouse Studio, has received high critical praise and features fellow Kentuckian Will Oldham on vocals. Though the focus remains on Shelley’s pure voice and weaving guitar picking, this album features levitating and ambient textures from violin and cello orchestrations of Icelandic sisters Þórdís Gerður Jónsdóttir and Sigrún Kristbjörg Jónsdóttir. Multi-instrumentalist Nathan Bowles, from Durham, NC, opens the show.
Doors open at 7:30 p.m.
Tickets: $18/$15 members & students; Visit warhol.org

Sound Series: The Real Sea, Mariage Blanc, Good Sport, with projections by Arush Kalra, Ben Hammock and David Bernabo
Friday, May 8, 2020
8 p.m.
The Warhol theater

The Warhol welcomes three local bands and video artists for a unique evening of continuous audio/visual collaborations without set breaks. Arush Kalra, Ben Hammock, and David Bernabo will be presenting a series of visual projections while local bands The Real Sea, Mariage Blanc, and Good Sport provide varied live soundtracks.
Doors open at 7:30 p.m.
Tickets: $10/$8 members & students; Visit warhol.org

Sound Series: Andy Shauf, with special guest Faye Webster
Wednesday, May 13, 2020
8 p.m.
The Warhol entrance space

The Warhol welcomes the singer/songwriter Andy Shauf, on a tour supporting his most recent, highly lauded album The Party on ANTI records. Hailing from Regina, Saskatchewan, his music is often described as reflecting the Canadian prairie with a unique blend of hushed vocals, vivid lyrics and intricately crafted arrangements, drawing on influences such as Neil Young, Wilco and Elliot Smith. Secretly Canadian recording artist, Faye Webster, opens the evening.
Doors open at 7:30 p.m.
Tickets: $20/$15 members & students; Visit warhol.org

Sensory Friendly Morning Workshop for Teens and Young Adults
Saturday, May 16, 2020
9:15–11 a.m.

Join The Warhol for an inclusive workshop for teens and young adults (ages 13-24) with sensory sensitivity needs. Participants will visit the galleries before the museum is open to the public and apply Andy Warhol’s techniques to their own artwork in the studio. Attendance is limited to 20 people, and pre-registration is required. A visual schedule and other orientation materials will be provided prior to the workshop. Please contact access@warhol.org with specific questions or needs.
Doors open at 9 a.m. Free parking available in The Warhol lot.
Free; Registration is required. Visit warhol.org

Dandy Andy: Warhol’s Queer History
Saturday, May 30, 2020
3 p.m.

Join artist educators for Dandy Andy, a monthly tour that focuses on Warhol’s queer history. While his sexuality is frequently suppressed or debated, Warhol was a gay man who had several partners throughout his life. Warhol’s boyfriends, including Edward Wallowitch, John Giorno, and Jed Johnson, were also his colleagues and collaborators, helping to shape and define his career as an artist. This tour traces Warhol’s romantic relationships and queer identity against the backdrop of the historical gay rights movement in the United States. Tours meet on the museum’s seventh floor.
Free with museum admission

LGBTQ+ Youth Prom 2020
Saturday, June 6, 2020
6–10 p.m.
The Warhol entrance space

The Warhol presents the seventh LGBTQ+ Youth Prom, the largest affirming prom in Southwestern Pennsylvania! This inclusive celebration ensures that every young person can make their prom night a treasured memory. Entry to prom includes a sit-down dinner, dancing, silkscreen printing, and other activities. Prom is open to youth ages 13-20.
Tickets will be on sale soon. Visit warhol.org

Dandy Andy: Warhol’s Queer History
Saturday, June 27, 2020
3 p.m.

Join artist educators for Dandy Andy, a monthly tour that focuses on Warhol’s queer history. While his sexuality is frequently suppressed or debated, Warhol was a gay man who had several partners throughout his life. Warhol’s boyfriends, including Edward Wallowitch, John Giorno, and Jed Johnson, were also his colleagues and collaborators, helping to shape and define his career as an artist. This tour traces Warhol’s romantic relationships and queer identity against the backdrop of the historical gay rights movement in the United States. Tours meet on the museum’s seventh floor.
Free with museum admission

The Warhol receives state arts funding support through a grant from the Pennsylvania Council on the Arts, a state agency funded by the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania; the National Endowment for the Arts, a federal agency; and The Heinz Endowments. Further support is provided by the Allegheny Regional Asset District.

The Andy Warhol Museum

Located in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, the place of Andy Warhol’s birth, The Andy Warhol Museum holds the largest collection of Warhol’s artworks and archival materials and is one of the most comprehensive single-artist museums in the world. The Warhol is one of the four Carnegie Museums of Pittsburgh.

Carnegie Museums of Pittsburgh

Established in 1895 by Andrew Carnegie, Carnegie Museums of Pittsburgh is a collection of four distinctive museums: Carnegie Museum of Art, Carnegie Museum of Natural History, Carnegie Science Center, and The Andy Warhol Museum. The museums reach more than 1.4 million people a year through exhibitions, educational programs, outreach activities, and special events.

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