The multidisciplinary arts center DiverseWorks in Houston has been at the forefront of experimental practice for almost four decades. The organization fosters innovative collaborations and supports emerging artists through commissions, exhibitions, performances and publications, presenting artworks that foster civic participation and aesthetic risk-taking from its home base at MATCH (Midtown Arts and Theater Center Houston) and throughout the city.
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Qollective, I’m Ever So Pissed, performance at the opening of their exhibition, Tread Loudly, June 28, 2019 at Alabama Song (Houston). Photo: Aasiyah Baig.
Lily Cox-Richard with students, in the exhibition Lily Cox-Richard: Berm (September 21 – November 3, 2018). Photo: Paul Hester
Ángel Lartigue, Untitled Pact, performance at Bayou City Be All, October 20, 2019.
Photo: Disha Khakeria
Installation view: Nick Vaughan and Jake Margolin - 50 States: Louisiana (February 29 - April 18, 2020). Courtesy of DiverseWorks, Houston. Photo: Paul Hester.
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Andy Warhol was enormously prolific. When he passed away, his estate included a large collection of his paintings, drawings, prints, and photographs. The Foundation, as beneficiary of the estate, has donated tens of thousands of these works to nearly 200 institutions, including a group of more than 3,000 works that now anchors the permanent collection […]
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General Information Q: What does the Foundation do? A: The foundation manages an innovative and flexible grants program while also preserving Warhol’s legacy through creative and responsible licensing policies and extensive scholarly research for ongoing catalogue raisonné projects. To date, the foundation has given over $260 million in cash grants to over 1,000 arts organizations […]
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The Andy Warhol Foundation for the Visual Arts Fall 2019 Grants
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Philip Johnson commissioned Warhol to make a large-scale work for the exterior for his pavilion for the New York World’s Fair, along with other artists. Warhol’s provocative response, a multiple portrait of ‘Most Wanted Men’ was installed a few days before the opening but was deemed too inflammatory and contrary to the upbeat image of the World’s Fair and the work was taken down.