Te Papa set to showcase Warhol’s immortal collection

Te Papa set to showcase Warhol’s immortal collection
Advance tickets available through Visa Entertainment

Wellington, New Zealand, 8 May 2013 – Visa Entertainment is giving art lovers the exclusive opportunity to buy tickets first to the highly anticipated Warhol: Immortal exhibition hosted by Te Papa Museum.

Warhol: Immortal
1 June 2013 – 25 August 2013
Visa Platinum Gallery
Level 4 Te Papa.

Tickets go on sale in the Visa Entertainment exclusive pre-sale from 9:00am Monday May 13, until 5:00pm Friday May 17, or until pre-sale tickets sell out. To purchase your ticket, visit www.tepapa.govt.nz/Warhol. Tickets for the general public will go on sale Saturday 18th May 2013.

In partnership with The Andy Warhol Museum in Pittsburgh, one of the four Carnegie Museums of Pittsburgh, Te Papa is presenting Warhol: Immortal an exhibition of the lifework of Andy Warhol in the Visa Platinum Gallery.

Andy Warhol (1928–87) was a founder of pop art and one of the 20th century’s most defining artists. He blurred the boundaries between the artificial and the real, the commercial and the cultural, the noteworthy and the trite. Warhol: Immortal celebrates his enduring influence.

The exclusive exhibition focuses on Andy Warhol’s obsession with people throughout his career from early drawings through to some of the last works he ever made. It documents the development of Andy Warhol’s personal image through a selection of self-portraits. 

The collection includes portraits of friends, celebrities, socialites, politicians, and rock stars across multiple media – paintings, MTV videos, experimental films, screen prints, drawings and magazine covers. The exhibition also features his work as a commercial artist, the installation Silver Clouds created in 1966 and a selection of black and white film portraits or screen tests created in the mid-sixties. 

Every ticket purchased during the pre-sale will go in the draw to win a special guided floor talk for up to six people around the exhibition.

Visa Entertainment offers all Visa Credit, Debit and Prepaid cardholders some of the world's best entertainment offers including exclusive concert and theatre ticket presales, film screenings and promotions, plus opportunities to win money-can’t-buy entertainment prizes. Visa cardholders can sign up for free at www.visaentertainment.co.nz. 

The Warhol: Immortal presale is the latest in a host of offerings from Visa Entertainment, including ticket presales for Rihanna, Aerosmith, Coldplay, Lady Gaga, Ronan Keating, Meat Loaf, Walking with Dinosaurs, Bon Jovi, John Mayer, Pearl Jam, Simon and Garfunkel, The Rolling Stones and Red Hot Chili Peppers.

For more information about the exhibition visit www.tepapa.govt.nz/Warhol

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