The Andy Warhol Museum's permanent collection is comprised of more than 4,000 works of art by Warhol including paintings, drawings, prints, photographs, sculpture, film, videotapes, and an extensive archives that consists of ephemera, records, source material for works of art, and other documents of the artist's life. The Andy Warhol Museum currently has a collection of 273 preserved Warhol films, including the newly restored Outer and Inner Space, Hedy, and 228 four-minute Screen Tests. The museum also holds the entire Andy Warhol Video Collection -- almost 4,000 videotapes, including 40 completed episodes of Andy Warhol's T.V. and Andy Warhol's Fifteen Minutesand Factory Diaries, as well as finished as well as unfinished narrative dramas and outtakes.
In 1997, upon receiving ownership of the rights to Andy Warhol's entire film and video work from The Andy Warhol Foundation for the Visual Arts, the Museum was granted the opportunity and responsibility of presenting this permanent collection of Andy Warhol's work in the most authoritative and accessible manner possible, for both a general and scholarly audiences.
The art collection of The Andy Warhol Museum includes over 4,000 works in all media -- paintings, drawings, prints, photographs, sculptures, and installation. The collection provides an in-depth view of every period of the artist's creative life, from the 1940s to the 1980s.The Warhol Museum exhibits approximately 500 works from its permanent collection at any one time. The permanent collection exhibitions rotate regularly, and there is also an active program of special exhibitions at the Museum.
The Warhol Museum's permanent collection is comprised primarily of gifts from The Andy Warhol Foundation for the Visual Arts, Inc., the Dia Center for the Arts, as well as individual donations. The Museum is happy to consider donations. Please contact us for further information. The Museum makes its entire collection available for study by qualified individuals.
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