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"About Face: Andy Warhol Portraits".


WADSWORTH ATHENEUM The Wadsworth Atheneum is the oldest public art museum in the United States and largest in the state of Connecticut. It is located in historic downtown Hartford, Connecticut, the state's capital.  

Warhol again? Too much is never enough. The Atheneum's Nicholas Baume assembles the Popist's portraiture - more than seventy paintings, prints, photographs, and films - from the '50s (Zsa Zsa Zsa Zsa may refer to:
  • David Kaftan
  • Zsa Zsa Gabor, Hungarian-American actress and socialite
  • Zsa Zsa Padilla, Filipino singer and actress
  • Zsa Zsa Speck, keyboardist
 Gabor's shoe) through the '80s (Debbie Harry's face). Catalogue essayists The following is an abbreviated list of essayists, arranged alphabetically by last name (years of birth and death, if applicable, and country of birth, are noted in parentheses).

Note: An individual's country of birth is not always indicative of his or her nationality.
 Douglas Crimp and Richard Meyer can

be relied on to plumb the depths of the master of surfaces. His portraits, especially the late ones, have been rehabilitated posthumously; this exhibition should help us decide whether merit or market is responsible. Either way, Warhol's portraits (self or otherwise) keep the promise: I'll be your mirror. Sept. 24, 1999-Jan. 30, 2000; travels to Miami Art Museum The Miami Art Museum (MAM) is an art museum located in Downtown Miami, Florida, in the United States. It was founded in 1996 as the successor to the Center for the Fine Arts. , Mar. 24-June 4, 2000.
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Date:Sep 1, 1999
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