Over 100 Andy Warhol Artworks Appear At This Tate Modern Blockbuster

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Will Noble Over 100 Andy Warhol Artworks Appear At This Tate Modern Blockbuster

Self Portrait. 1986, Tate. © 2019 The Andy Warhol Foundation for the Visual Arts, Inc / Artists Right Society (ARS), New York and DACS, London

Silver-haired Pop Art maestro, Andy Warhol, is getting a massive new exhibition at Tate Modern — the first at the gallery for almost two decades.

From March-September 2020, over 100 of the Pittsburgh-born artist's images go on display — including iconic prints of Marilyn Monroe, Debbie Harry, Elvis Presley and Coco-Cola bottles.

Marilyn Diptych, 1962, Tate. © 2019 The Andy Warhol Foundation for the Visual Arts, Inc / Artists Right Society (ARS), New York and DACS, London

Hammer and Sickle, 1976. Museum Brandhorst. © 2019 The Andy Warhol Foundation for the Visual Arts, Inc / Artists Right Society (ARS), New York and DACS, London

The exhibition, says Tate, will emphasise Warhol's recurring themes around desire — and show how he reimagined what art could be.

Ladies and Gentlemen (Helen/Harry Morales), 1975. Italian private collection © 2019 The Andy Warhol Foundation for the Visual Arts, Inc / Artists Right Society (ARS), New York and DACS, London

Alongside the big crowd-pleasers, will be nestled some of Warhol's early line drawings of male portraits and nudes; Warhol's sexuality is also explored in the exhibition.

Boy with Flowers, 1955-7. ARTIST ROOMS Tate and National Galleries of Scotland. © 2019 The Andy Warhol Foundation for the Visual Arts, Inc / Artists Right Society (ARS), New York and DACS, London

Flowers, 1964. Private collection. © 2019 The Andy Warhol Foundation for the Visual Arts, Inc / Artists Right Society (ARS), New York and DACS, London

There's also a chance to experience Warhol's interactive floating Silver Clouds and the psychedelic Exploding Plastic Inevitable (an early multi-media experience, featuring music from The Velvet Underground).