The exhibition Warhol and Basquiat, opens to the public at the Arken Museum of Modern Art, Ishøj, Denmark
on September 3, 2011. It will run till January 14, 2012. Curated by
Dieter Buchhart, the exhibition of 60 works (many from private
collections) includes many of their collaborations done in 1984 and
1985, some of the Warhol/Basquiat/Clemente three-person collaborations,
and paintings and prints done by both Andy Warhol and Jean-Michel
Basquiat individually. On Wednesday, August 31st, there will be a press conference where ARKEN's Director Christian Gether will give a short introduction to the exhibition, and afterward Curator Dorthe Juul Rugaard will talk about selected works. Dieter Buchhart, who is external curator of the exhibition, and was the organizer of the fantastic Basquiat retrospective last year, will also be present and answer questions. |