Take A Behind-The-Scenes Look At Andy Warhol: Lifetimes At The Aspen Art Museum

The Aspen Art Museum is the sole U.S. venue for Andy Warhol: Lifetimes, bringing this major international retrospective to a city that maintained close, long-standing connections with the artist and his work.

Andy Warhol, “Self-Portrait” (1986, acrylic paint and screenprint on canvas), 2,032 by 2,032 mm

Organized by Tate Modern and Museum Ludwig in collaboration with the Art Gallery of Ontario and the Aspen Art Museum, the exhibition focuses on the biographical underpinnings of Warhol’s practice, expanding on lesser-known aspects of his work and persona. Opening in Aspen on Dec. 3 and remaining on view through March 27, 2022, the museum’s presentation is structured to examine the artist’s life in parallel with his work, presenting them side by side to expand the public’s understanding of Warhol through biographical archival materials in tandem with artistic source materials and documentation of initial installations that return us to the foundations of the canonical works on display. In keeping with the museum’s artist-centered approach, it invited artist Monica Majoli to reconceptualize the staging of the exhibition from its previous iterations. “The Aspen Art Museum is delighted to present this intimate portrayal of Andy Warhol, which peers into the spectral persona that the artist created so he could transcend his personal limitations, generating a cultural myth, mirror and decoder that has enchanted the modern world for decades,” says museum director Nicola Lees. “The exhibition will give viewers an unprecedented opportunity to examine Warhol’s life and work in the context of one another, ultimately establishing a new appreciation for this visionary artist of incomparable importance.” –KARA FRANKER