Warhol&Friends. New York in the 80s.

Periodo: 29 Sep 2018 - 24 Feb 2019

Between stories of excess, transgression and worldliness, the protagonists of the lively artistic atmosphere of new New York like Andy Warhol, Jean-Michel Basquiat, Francesco Clemente, Keith Haring, Julian Schnabel and Jeff Koons, with about 150 works from September 29th will be at Palazzo Albergati in Bologna in the Warhol&Friends exhibition. New York in the 80s.

The ’80s have their own way of doing politics in an explosion of colors and figures where art is not just a visual experience; a decade that has seen combining art, music, cinema and literature – in the moment in which galleries and the international market decree the resounding success of the return to painting – Warhol arrives in Bologna, Haring with Untitled (1983), Schnabel with Dunciad (Trances of Bouboul) of 1983, Koons with Art Magazine Ads (1989), Basquiat with Untitled (1983) and Bertoglio with Grace Jones and Madonna (1983).

On show with 36 works and 38 polaroids Andy Warhol who, after being the victim of a terrible attack in 1968, at the beginning of the 80s returns to the center of the artistic and social life of New York realizing some of his most interesting cycles featured on display such as Shoes, Hammer & Sickle, Camouflage, Lenin, Joseph Beuys, Vesuvius, Knives.

Under the patronage of the Emilia Romagna Region and the Comune di Bologna, the exhibition Warhol & Friends. New York in the 80s is produced and organized by the Arthemisia Group and curated by Luca Beatrice.

For further information: www.palazzoalbergati.com

Location: Palazzo Albergati. Via Saragozza 28, Bologna