Warhol and Friends. New York in the 80s, Palazzo Albergati, Bologna, 29 September 2018-30 June 2019

Amongst the works are 36 works and 38 polaroids produced by Andy Warhol  in the period which followed his almost fatal shooting in 1968 by Valerie Solanas. By the 1980s Warhol's studio  had returned to the center of the artistic and social life of New York realising  some of Warhol’s most interesting works which are included in this exhibition, such as Shoes, Hammer & Sickle, Camouflage, Lenin, Joseph Beuys, Vesuvius, Knives.

Curated by Luca Beatrice, other oustanding works include Basquiat with Untitled (1983), Bertoglio with Grace Jones and Madonna (1983) Haring with Untitled (1983), Schnabel with Dunciad (Trances of Bouboul) of 1983, and Koons with Art Magazine Ads (1989), just to name a few.

Beds too often as the decade of disenchantment and superficiality, the '80s have their own way of doing politics in an explosion of colors and figures where art is not just a visual experience. To tell the unrepeatable ferment of a decade that has seen combining art, music, cinema and literature - in the moment in which galleries and the international market decree the resounding success of the return to painting - Warhol arrives in Bologna, Haring with Untitled (1983), Schnabel with Dunciad (Trances of Bouboul) of 1983, Koons with Art Magazine Ads (1989), Basquiat with Untitled (1983) and Bertoglio with Grace Jones and Madonna (1983), just to name a few.

On show with 36 works and 38 polaroids Andy Warhol who, after being the victim of a nearly fatal attack in 1968, at the beginning of the 80s returns to the center of the artistic and social life of New York realizing some of his most interesting cycles featured on display such as Shoes, Hammer & Sickle, Camouflage, Lenin, Joseph Beuys, Vesuvius, Knives. Under the patronage of the Emilia Romagna Region and the Municipality of Bologna, the exhibition Warhol & Friends. New York in the 80s is produced and organized by the Arthemisia Group and curated by Luca Beatrice. (1989), Basquiat with Untitled (1983) and Bertoglio with Grace Jones and Madonna (1983), just to name a few.