Andy Warhol Museum, Art museum on North Shore, Pittsburgh, United States.
The Andy Warhol Museum is an art institution in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, that spans seven floors and presents works from every phase of the artist's career. The galleries display paintings, prints, photographs, sculptures, paper-based works and films that together provide an overview of his artistic practice.
Plans for the museum were announced in October 1989, about two and a half years after Warhol's death, with works estimated at $80 million donated by the Andy Warhol Foundation and the Dia Art Foundation. The museum opened on 13 May 1994 in a 1913 industrial warehouse at 117 Sandusky Street, renovated at a cost of about $12 million, and drew some 25,000 visitors over its opening weekend. Thomas N. Armstrong III, former director of the Whitney Museum, was named first director in 1993 and resigned nine months after the opening. In 1997 the foundation gave the museum all Warhol film and video copyrights.
The collection reflects the approach of an artist who worked with mass culture, advertising and everyday life in mid-to-late 20th-century America. Visitors see works that portray film stars, consumer goods and political figures in a form that has become part of global visual language.
The building provides elevators, accessible entries and spaces for groups that require advance booking. A shop on the ground floor sells publications and items related to the current exhibitions.
The location was chosen because the artist was born in Pittsburgh and spent part of his childhood there before moving to New York. The building itself was formerly a warehouse whose industrial architecture was deliberately preserved.
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