The Ashmolean's spring exhibition has been made possible thanks to a generous loan of over 100 unseen Warhol artworks from the Hall Art Foundation (USA).
The highly anticipated exhibition will showcase the artist's work through the lens of Andrew and Christine Hall's private collection, which has been made available as part of an on-going collaboration between the Ashmolean Museum and the Hall Art Foundation. This will be the fourth exhibition in the partnership series, following exhibitions on Malcolm Morley, Joseph Beuys and Ed Paschke.
Curated by Sir Normal Rosenthal, the exhibition will span Warhol's entire career, from iconic works of the '60s through to the experimental creations of his last decade.
'Evermore, Warhol feels like the decisive artist of his generation who peered into the future and saw his world with all its glamour and with all its horror' explained Sir Rosenthal. 'The Halls' collection of Warhols demonstrates the artist's extraordinarily perse output, as he reacts to his world with penetrating truthfulness and wit.'
The Hall Art Foundation was established in 2007 by businessman, art collector and Oxford alumnus Andrew Hall. The Foundation collaborates with public institutions around the world to facilitate loans from its own collections and that of the Halls', which together comprise some 5,000 post-war and contemporary works by several hundred artists.
Commenting on their latest collaboration, Dr Alexander Sturgis, Director of the Ashmolean, said: 'We are hugely grateful to the Hall Art Foundation and to Andy and Christine Hall for making this exhibition possible with the generous loan of their superb collection.'
The exhibition opens tomorrow (Thursday 4 February) and runs until Sunday 15 May 2016.