Saturday, April 26, 2014, 6:00 PM – 12:00 AM
Queens Museum
New York City Building, Queens, NY 11368
Andy Warhol’s 13 Most Wanted Men and the 1964 World’s Fair Exhibit, Queens Museum, Flushing Meadows Corona Park.
Warhol’s 13 Most Wanted Men exhibit sparked a high-profile scandal at the 1964 WF. As part of a prominent set of public commissions for the New York State Pavilion’s exterior, Warhol enlarged mug shots from an NYPD booklet featuring the 13 most wanted criminals of 1962. Tiled together into a square, creating a chessboard of front and profile views of fugitives who were at large at the time, the work was installed by April 15, 1964 – and painted over with silver paint a few days later. When the WF opened to the public, all that was visible was a large silver square. Later in summer 1964, Warhol produced 20 Most Wanted Men paintings with the screens he had used to make the mural. These works will form the core of this year’s exhibition, developed collaboratively by QM and The Andy Warhol Museum, open Wednesday through Sunday, noon to 6 pm, runs through September 7, free with QM admission
6-8 pm Opening Reception
8-12am Opening Party
For more information about the event, please visit:
http://www.queensmuseum.org/