Left: Andy Warhol (American, 1928–1987). Red Jackie, 1964. Acrylic and silkscreen on canvas, 40 x 40 in. (101.6 x 101.6 cm). The Andy Warhol Museum, Pittsburgh, contribution The Andy Warhol Foundation for the Visual Arts, Inc. © 2012 The Andy Warhol Foundation for the Visual Arts, Inc. / Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York. Right: Alex Katz (American, born 1927). Lita, 1964. Oil on canvas, 60 x 60 1/8 in. (152.4 x 152.7 cm). The Museum of Modern Art, New York, gift of Lita Hornick, 1991 © Alex Katz/Licensed by VAGA, New York, NY. Source: metmuseum.org
“Regarding Warhol: Sixty Artists, Fifty Years” at The Metropolitan Museum of Art takes a comprehensive look at Andy Warhol’s influence on contemporary art. Approximately forty-five Warhol works are juxtaposed with one hundred works by sixty odd other artists spanning painting, film, sculpture and more. The exhibition runs Sept. 18-Dec. 31, 2012.
