Warhol: Headlines
Sept. 25–Jan. 2
National Gallery of Art
202-737-4215; nga.gov
Andy Warhol understood the concept of 15 minutes of fame decades before You Tube,
and he appreciated media pyrotechnics way ahead of the birth of cable news. From the
beginning of his career in the ’50s through his death in the 1987, the pop culture maven
routinely pored over newspapers and supermarket tabloids in search of artistic ideas.
The National Gallery of Art has brought together 80 of Warhol’s journalism-inspired
paintings, photographs, films and other works, along with the source materials from
which they sprang. From deaths and disasters to Eddie Fisher’s 1962 breakdown after
Elizabeth Taylor dumped him, “Headlines” is a window not only into Warhol’s creative
process but also into his time.
Andy Warhol
Gardner Cowles, 1977
synthetic polymer paint and silkscreen ink on canvas ; 101. 6 x 101. 6 cm ( 40 x 40 in.)
The Andy Warhol Foundation for the Visual Arts, Inc.
© 2011 The Andy Warhol Foundation for the Visual Arts, Inc. / Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York,
The Andy Warhol Foundation for the Visual Arts, Inc. / Art Resource, NY
