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Andy Warhol Around the World in 2012

Locations in this article:  Beijing, China Hong Kong New York City, NY Pittsburgh, PA Shanghai, China Tokyo, Japan

Gallery Talks with Family in Pittsburgh

The largest collection of his works in the world is at the Andy Warhol Museum in Pittsburgh, Warhol’s birthplace. This museum is a great place to admire and study around 900 of his paintings, 100 sculptures and almost 2000 works on paper. The collection also includes more than 1,000 published and unique prints and 4,000 photographs, as well as 60 films and more than 4000 videos.

There are works from all periods, including student work from the 1940s, 1950s  drawings, commercial illustrations and sketchbooks; the most valuable 1960s Pop paintings of consumer products (Campbell’s Soup Cans), celebrities (Liz, Jackie, Marilyn, Elvis), disasters and electric chairs, portrait paintings (Mao), Skull paintings and the abstract Oxidations from the 1970s; and works from the 1980s such as The Last Supper, Raphael I-6.99 and collaborative paintings made with younger artists such as Jean-Michel Basquiat and Francesco Clemente.

Less-known drawings of his mother Julia Warhola are exposed in museum as well.  If you want to know more about the Andy Warhol family history, you can join a gallery talk led by Andy’s nephew Donald Warhola on Wednesdays.

Andy in Asia

Currently, the Andy Warhol Museum is bringing the largest ever collection of Andy Warhol’s work to Asia to commemorate the 25th anniversary of his death.  The exhibition called 15 Minutes Eternal started in March 2012 in Singapore and will last till 2014. The collection will be shown in Shanghai, Beijing, Tokyo and Hong Kong (starting December 16 at the Hong Kong Museum of Art). The exhibit features more than 300 paintings, photographs, screes prints, drawings, 3-D installations and sculptures including iconic works such as Jackie, Marilyn Monroe, Mao, Campbell’s Soup, Silver Liz, The Last Supper, and Self-Portrait.

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By Elena Strapkova for PeterGreenberg.com