’Warhol: Headlines’ at the National Gallery of Art

The new exhibit focuses on the artist’s fascination with news media, tabloid, and tragedy.

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Pop artist Andy Warhol smiles in New York in this 1976 file photo. Known for his pop art and quips about fame, the National Gallery’s exhibit is the first to focus on Warhol’s interest in news media.

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"The Princton Leader," is Warhol’s hand-drawn — and misspelled — take on the front page of the Princeton Leader. Warhol frequently misspelled words in his newspapers, but it’s unclear whether this was intentional.

"Pirates Sieze Ship," 1961 graphite on Strathmore paper sheet. This is Warhol’s take on a front page of the New York Daily News after a passenger ship was attacked by Spanish and Portuguese rebels.

"A Boy for Meg [2]," 1962, is in the permanent collection of the National Gallery of Art, and was the inspiration for the exhibit. The painting is among Warhol’s first uses of a headline in his work.

Andy Warhol/Courtesy National Gallery of Art

"Writer Donald Barthelme posing for Harper's Bazaar, ‘New Faces, New Forces, New Names in the Arts,’ June 1963, from Time Capsule 21," 1963; 1 of 13 photo-booth strips; gelatin silver prints.

"Flash - November 22, 1963," 1968 portfolio of 11 screenprints with 11 corresponding pages of Teletype text by Phillip Greer. Warhol compiled “Flash” from reports of President John F. Kennedy’s assassination.

“New York Post (Madonna)” was a collaboration between Warhol and artist Keith Haring. The pair gave this and several other works to Madonna as a wedding present for her marriage to Sean Penn.

"Gardner Cowles," 1977. Cowles ran a publishing company that included national publications like the Daily News and Look.

"Shadows," 1978–79. Warhol’s paintings of shadows are installed in a continuous line through the Hirshhorn, uninterrupted for almost 450 feet around the gallery.

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"Abstract Sculpture," 1983, screenprint on crumpled Mylar.

Andy Warhol and Jean-Michel Basquiat. "Ailing Ali In Fight of Life," 1984 acrylic and oil stick on canvas. Basquiat was among Warhol’s “Headline” collaborators.

"Newspaper Machine (New York Post)," 1984, gelatin silver print.

The Andy Warhol Museum, Pittsburgh; Contribution The Andy Warhol Foundation for the Visual Arts, Inc.© 2011 The Andy Warhol Foundation for the Visual Arts, Inc. / Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York

Andy Warhol, Jean-Michel Basquiat. "Plug Pulled on Coma Mom," 1984-1985, acrylic and oil stick on linen.

The Andy Warhol Foundation for the Visual Arts, Inc.© 2011 The Andy Warhol Foundation for the Visual Arts, Inc. / Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York, © 2011 The Estate of Jean-Michel Basquiat / ADAGP, Paris / ARS, New York

Andy Warhol and Keith Haring. "Untitled," 1985 acrylic and silkscreen ink on linen. This image was also given to Madonna as a wedding present.

Andy Warhol and Keith Haring. "Untitled (Madonna, I'm Not Ashamed)," 1985; synthetic polymer, Day-Glo, and acrylic on canvas. This image was also a wedding present for Madonna.

"Zaccaro Indicted," c. 1985-1986, six gelatin silver prints sewn together with thread. The hand-stitched images are reminiscent of Warhol’s silkscreens in their repetition of a single image.

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