Thursday, Sept. 7 | 7p
David Ouellette, Art Faculty – “Vanishing Species: Art and Biodiversity since Warhol” In 1983, Andy Warhol was commissioned to produce a series of 10 dynamic, multicolor prints of endangered animals to mark the ten year anniversary of the Endangered Species Act. Today, the destruction of habitat and loss of biodiversity remain the greatest challenges facing…
Thursday, Aug. 24 | 7p
College of DuPage Faculty Lecture – “Who was Valerie Solanas, the woman who shot Andy Warhol” Learn about Valerie Solanas, the controversial author who shot Andy Warhol, through various representations of Solanas in popular culture, including in the novel Valerie by Sara Stridsberg, the film I Shot Andy Warhol (1996), and the song “I Believe”…
Thursday, August 17 | 7p
Julia diLiberti, Humanities Faculty – “Soup Can Can’t: Warhol and the Unraveling of Art” In this accessible introduction to Andy Warhol and his body of work, we discuss if a soup can can or can’t dismantle all the conventions of art in one fell reproduction. Our exploration will begin with works by Marcel Duchamp, noting…
Thursday, August 3 | 7p
Justin Witte, Curator Talk – “Andy Warhol: The Ultimate Outsider” Witte will discuss how Andy Warhol’s experience as an outsider propelled him to become one of the most famous American artists to have lived. This talk will focus on his early work as an illustrator through his later work that has undergone major critical reevaluation.…
Thursday, Aug. 31 | 7p
Thomas Kiedrowski – “Andy Warhol’s New York City” Thomas Kiedrowski, author of Andy Warhol’s New York City, will engage in a lively conversation regarding Andy Warhol’s fascinating life and monumental career centered around The Big Apple. From his first steps in Manhattan, to becoming the Pope of Pop Art, hear about Warhol’s artistic pursuits drawn…
Thursday, Aug. 10 | 7p
Jessica Beck – “Politics and Friendship in Warhol and Basquiat’s Collaborations” Reading an excerpt from her essay, The Personal and Political in Basquiat and Warhol’s Ten Punching Bags, for the Basquiat x Warhol. Painting Four Hands, at Fondation Louis Vuitton, Jessica Beck will speak about the collaborations that Warhol and Basquiat created in the 1980s.…
Thursday, July 27 | 7p
Eric Shiner – “The American Dream” Eric Shiner will give insight into who Andy Warhol really was, from humble beginnings as a first-generation immigrant to superstar icon. Over the course of a prominent and prolific career, Andy Warhol practiced his religious faith which has been largely excluded in historic accounts. Warhol also faced challenges as…
Saturday, June 3 | 2p
Blake Gopnik – “Andy Warhol: What Makes Him a Great Artist” Blake Gopnik conducted extensive research to create an in-depth look into Andy Warhol from historical to social to artistic perspectives. Gopnik gives us the clearest documentation to date of a mysterious man and an artist who constantly avoided definition, and whose work continues to…
Saturday, Apr. 13, 7:30p & Sunday, Apr. 14, 3p
Kirk Muspratt, Music Director & Conductor Wael Farouk, Piano Soloist Egyptian-born pianist Wael Farouk teams up with New Philharmonic again, this time for Brahms Piano Concerto No. 1, Brahms’ first-performed orchestral work, and his Piano Concerto No. 2, written 22 years later as a “symphony with piano.” New York Concerts calls Farouk, “Absolutely Masterful…..run –…
Saturday, Jan. 20, 7:30p & Sunday, Jan. 21, 3p
Kirk Muspratt, Music Director & Conductor SOLD OUT! With a cinematic career spanning more than six decades and honors including 24 Grammy Awards, five Academy Awards and four Golden Globe Awards, Williams is regarded as one of the greatest American composers of his time. New Philharmonic’s newest John Williams concert features many of his most…
