The world’s greatest pop artist, Andy Warhol, returns to Stockholm’s Moderna Museet. In 1968 Stockholm’s premier museum for contemporary art hosted Warhol’s first ever large retrospective exhibition, and in the spring 2008 the museum will host a new Warhol-exhibition called ‘Andy Warhol – Other Voices, Other Rooms’.
The exhibition runs from February 9 to May 4, and on display are Andy Warhol’s most famous art works including paintings, photos, drawings, sound bites and 19 of his most poignant films from the 1960s, among other ‘Sleep Eat and Empire’.
Currently Moderna Museet are awaiting a report from the Andy Warhol Art Authentication Board that will state if the museum’s six wooden Brillo boxes (the Brillo soap-box was one of Andy Warhol’s favorite motives) are fake and should be struck from its collection. Though the six boxes which were donated to the museum in 1995 aren’t on display, fans of the Brillo box still have something to look forward to. A (original) Brillo box from 1964 will be part of the museum’s Warhol-installation this spring.
Moderna Museet celebrates its 50 anniversary in 2008 and ‘Andy Warhol – Other Voices, Other Rooms’ is the main attraction of the jubilee which also includes a Max Ernst exhibition in the autumn.