Recently, The Eye talked to Ian Alteveer, curator at the current Metropolitan Museum of Art, about the museum’s current exhibit, “Regarding Warhol: Sixty Artists, Fifty Years.” On Wednesday night from 7-10 p.m., the museum is hosting an event for college students, "Warhol's Factory at the Met," which will include a private tour of the exhibit, a DJ, and refreshments. RSVP is required, and it's 1960s and 1970s themed.
How were the five thematic sections of the exhibit determined?
The exhibition was originally conceived by curator Mark Rosenthal, adjunct curator affiliated with the Detroit Institute of Arts, and the Metropolitan was to be the second venue of a tour of the show. Detroit went through a budget crisis in 2008-2009 and cancelled the exhibition. The Metropolitan decided to continue with the show and to work with Mark to develop it for display here. The themes generally follow Mr. Rosenthal’s initial construction and represent various techniques, mediums, subjects, and eras; they also act as an umbrella that covers the range of impact that Warhol has had on contemporary art.
