Tag andy warhol museum

Happy International Cat Day!

Happy International Cat Day from Yale University Press’s art & architecture department! We’re celebrating by turning again to one of our favorite recent publications that features two famous art-world appreciators of cats: Andy Warhol / Ai Weiwei by Max Delany and Eric Shiner. Andy Warhol owned dozens of cats, and documented

Continue reading…

Exhibition Tones: “Regarding Warhol: Sixty Years, Fifty Artists”

For decades, commentators have acknowledged Andy Warhol’s phenomenal impact on contemporary art. Unlike the many existing books about the artist, Regarding Warhol: Sixty Artists, Fifty Yearsis the first full-scale exploration of his tremendous reach across several generations of artists who in key ways respond to his groundbreaking work. Including a

Continue reading…

Andy Warhol, Yale Press-Style

Yale University Press celebrated Andy Warhol’s birthday earlier this month by trying out The Andy Warhol Museum’s D.I.Y. POP app on our staff. The app takes its inspiration from what Arthur C. Danto calls “the Warhol aesthetic” in his Andy Warhol, part of YUP’s Icons of America series. Warhol was

Continue reading…

Happy Birthday, Andy Warhol!

August 6th would have been Andy Warhol’s 83rd birthday. Interest in the work of the pop art innovator shows no sign of flagging in the 21st century: recently, a 1963 self-portrait by the artist (originally sold for only $1,600) netted over $34.8 million at auction. For an in-depth examination of the American icon’s extraordinary

Continue reading…