Organized in 1988, the Oklahoma Visual Arts Coalition is a non-profit organization that supports contemporary artists across the state by connecting them to exhibition opportunities, mentoring relationships and robust networks of artists and arts professionals. OVAC promotes public interest and understanding in the visual arts, helping position Oklahoma as a regional hub of creativity in the national arts scene.
Oklahoma Visual Arts Coalition
1964
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.