Warhol Sales Are in a Rut. Can Whitney Show Bring Mojo Back?
- First U.S. restrospective in 30 years to open in New York
- Curator’s challenge: How not to reinforce the same old Warhol
Source: The Andy Warhol Foundation for the Visual Arts, Inc./ARS via Whitney
It arrives with a thud: a gold-colored catalog with a small black-and-white passport photo of a bespectacled, nerdy-looking young man.
The tome announces the upcoming retrospective of one of the most iconic American artists: Andy Warhol. His first U.S. survey in almost 30 years opens next month at the Whitney Museum of American Art with major supporters including hedge fund manager Ken Griffin and Bank of America Corp. Top museums and private collections around the world have loaned paintings, drawings, sculpture and films.