My friend Stiles is the chairman of the Board at the Baltimore Museum of Art, one of the most well-respected museums on the East Coast. Their Cone Collection of modern French Art is unparalleled anywhere in the world.
Highlights include psychologically revealing fright wig self-portraits, three variations on Leonardo da Vinci’s The Last Supper, and collaborations with younger artists such as Jean-Michel Basquiat that reveal the dramatic transformation of Warhol’s artistic style. He introduces new techniques, reengages in the physical act of art making, and explores painting in a culture awash with commercial and photographic imagery. Through these works, several not exhibited until after the artist's death, Warhol continually asks viewers to contemplate celebrity (including his own), glamour, and death in the contemporary era.
Andy Warhol: The Last Decade is a special ticketed exhibition, with a complimentary audio tour included with your ticket. Tickets go on sale September 15, 2010. 
Meg so many exciting exhibits opening. I just came over from Katiedid!
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Karena
Art by Karena
Um.... would that last picture be one of the "fright wig" shots?
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If only I were passing through Baltimore.....xv
ReplyDeletemight have to head up to Baltimore!!
ReplyDeleteRandom fact, his mom and my grandmother were sisters...I will have to put this on the list to go check out with our family, we love seeing how people present his work! Thanks for the tip! *Amy
ReplyDeleteMeg if you like Warhol you should trek over here to Pittsburgh where the Andy Warhol musuem is located! Love the BMA - try to walk through every time I am there.
ReplyDeleteThere was a great Warhol retrospective at the Tate Modern in 2002 - one of my favorite exhibits ever!
ReplyDeleteHooray for free museums! They all should be...
ReplyDeleteAfter reading a review of his work, Andy Warhol is reported to have remarked, "I read an article on me once that described my machine-method of silk-screen copying and painting: 'What a bold and audacious solution, what depths of the man are revealed in this solution!' What does that mean?"
ReplyDeleteI am longing for a crabcake from Gertrude's at the BMA! And a return visit to the many Matisse paintings the sisters were kind enough to collect!
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Suzanne... I agree 100%! I had the most fun lunch there this spring with some brand new friends. It was a brilliant place to meet, sit, sip and eat. And to be surrounded by such beatutiful art made it all the better!
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