Andy Warhol Exhibit Coming To The Whitney Next Year

WHITNEY MUSEUM, NY — The Whitney Museum will host an exhibit of the artist Andy Warhol's work next year, the first retrospective of the icon's work by a U.S. institution in more than 30 years.

The Whitney Museum of American Art, located in the West Village, announced this month that it would host a Warhol exhibit in November 2018. The iconic American artist produced some of the most recognizable works of art in the 20th century.

"Uniting all aspects, media, and periods of Warhol’s career, this exhibition will provide an historic opportunity to better comprehend the work of the most American of artists," museum reps said in a statement about the exhibit.

The Whitney says this exhibit will be the first comprehensive retrospective of Warhol's art organized by an American museum since 1989. Although visiting exhibitions have displayed Warhol's work in the U.S. more recently, no American institution has organized a comprehensive retrospective since the Museum of Modern Art did so shortly after Warhol's death.

The exhibit will also be the largest show dedicated to a single artist at the museum's Meatpacking District building, where it moved in 2015.

The retrospective will span Warhol's entire career, from his start as a commercial illustrator in the 1950s until his death in 1987.

"I think there is a lot to be discovered about Warhol," curator Donna De Salvo told artnet News. "I’ve always felt there was so much attention given to the persona of Warhol that we had trouble looking at the work—and that’s what this exhibition does."

The museum has not said how long the exhibit will be open, but the show is expected to tour starting in spring 2019.

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