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• Andy Warhol in Downtown St Petersburg!

  Written by Bob Horn No Comments
  Last Updated: June 30, 2009

  No, not the person. Andy passed away back in 1987. But some of his excellent art works are here! Andy Warhol Portfolios: Life and Legends is being presented now at the Museum of Fine Arts, and the show will continue until August 16th. It’s a great exhibition that features over 70 prints of some of Warhol’s best known works, including his famous portraits of Marilyn Monroe, the iconic Campbell’s soup can, the Flowers series, and Muhammad Ali, to name a few. There are also prints from the Andy Mouse series, a tribute to Warhol by an artist/friend of his, Keith Haring. And there’s a portrait of Warhol himself, done by photographer Robert Mapplethorpe.

  For those too young to know him and for those who might have forgotten, Andy Warhol, aside from being perhaps the most important force in the American Pop Art movement, also foresaw the current state of our media-based-short-span-of-attention culture with his 1968 quote, “In the future, everyone will be world-famous for 15 minutes.”

  I went to the museum two
  weeks ago, and it was just great fun to see these works. And it was especially nice that we were able to see them in St. Petersburg, instead of having to travel to museums in New York or DC or to the Andy Warhol museum in Pittsburgh. In addition to the museum’s many permanent collections, the Museum of Fine Arts always has traveling, temporary exhibitions of artwork from a wide range of artists. Now that the museum opened its new wing, there’s a lot more space for exhibits, so give yourself plenty of time when you go. And don’t worry if you get hungry – there’s an excellent cafe in the museum, where you can grab a drink, have a treat (like the triple fudge cake that I had!), or get a delicious lunch, all while looking out of the huge windows facing the waters of the Vinoy Basin.

  For more information about the Museum of Fine Arts, visit their website. (And for a look at some of Andy Warhol’s works, check out this page.)

  Special Deal Alert: During the months of July and August, anyone who enters the Museum between 10:00 AM and noon on weekdays gets in for half price – that means that adults get in for 6 bucks, which is a great deal!