He grew up in Pittsburgh’s Oakland and South Oakland neighborhoods, the son of Slovak immigrants — and became the most famous American artist of the 20th century. The Andy Warhol Museum on the North Shore, the largest museum in North America dedicated to a single artist, holds the full arc of that astonishing life: more than 900 paintings, thousands of works on paper, films, sculptures and the famous archives.
Seven floors unfold chronologically, from Warhol’s 1950s commercial illustrations to the Campbell’s Soup Cans, the Factory years, the Mao and Marilyn portraits and the late, monumental Rorschachs and Last Suppers. The museum’s calendar stays busy with exhibitions, performances in its theater and programs in The Factory, its hands-on education studio.
The Warhol is at 117 Sandusky Street on the North Shore, a short walk across the Andy Warhol Bridge (the middle of the Three Sisters) from downtown. Tickets at warhol.org.
