Summary
Indeed, while the [Andy Warhol] draws visitors from around the world, in its backyard it's become at least as important as a venue for events and performances. And Tom Sokolowski, the Warhol's executive director for eight of its 10 years, says that's fine with him. "What people have said about us is, 'It's only something that could happen at the Warhol," he says. "If it's something that's chewy or it has a little bit of abrasiveness to it."
"They've been one of the first institutions locally to embrace hip hop as a viable art form," adds [Kamau Ware], noting the museum's summertime hip-hop and graffiti-culture events. "They're definitely unique locally. ... They're just pretty edgy and that just stands out locally."It has to engage real-life issues. "It's easier to do Swan Lake," he says. But "We [at the Warhol] seem to be hitting ... something that our colleagues uptown either aren't interested in or didn't have the chutzpah to put on. And we love chutzpah."See the full content of this document
Extract
Ten-Year Itch
As an offspring and ward of the Carnegie Museum system, The Andy Warhol Museum hasn't exactly grown up alone. But as it celebrates its 10th birthday, the North Side-based institution has certainly matured in interesting ways.
Though billed as the world's most comprehensive single-artist museum, over its relatively short lifetime the Warhol has...See the full content of this document
Sponsored links
