Events

Andy Warhol Three Times Out at Hugh Lane Gallery, October 6, 2023 – January 28, 2024

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Andy Warhol portrait by Peter Beard
Andy Warhol portrait by Peter Beard
Hugh Lane Gallery and Dublin City Council announce Ireland’s largest ever Andy Warhol exhibition – the first to open in 25 years.

Andy Warhol Three Times Out will run from October 6, 2023 – January 28, 2024 and will feature more than 250 works including the iconic Campbell’s Soup Cans and Marilyn Monroe.

A unique exhibition of Andy Warhol’s paintings, prints, photographs, films and installations at Hugh Lane Gallery will showcase the artist’s extraordinary range of artworks produced over four decades.

Unique to the exhibition will be a section focusing on the work and collaborations both Andy Warhol and Francis Bacon had with acclaimed artist Peter Beard, provoking new thinking on the status of these two titans of the 20th century.

https://hughlane.ie/whats_on/hlg-andy-warhol-three-times-out/

Andy Warhol Three Times Out published by Hugh Lane Gallery

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Andy Warhol Three Times OutDawson, Barbara, and Michael Dempsey, editors. Andy Warhol Three Times Out. Hugh Lane Gallery, 2023. Dublin: Hugh Lane Gallery, 2023. 11 x 9.13 x 1 in. (27.94 x 23.62 2.54 cm); 239 pages; fully illustrated in color and black and white; softcover. ISBN: 9781901702651

Exhibition catalog published in conjunction with “Andy Warhol Three Times Out.” Curated by Barbara Dawson and Michael Dempsey, Hugh Lane Gallery, Dublin, 6 Oct. 2023-28 Jan. 2024.

The exhibition uniquely explored the relationship between Andy Warhol and Francis Bacon, whose main connection was through Peter Beard, whose photographs and films were featured prominently in a section of the exhibition. Warhol acknowledged that when he was with Beard, their conversations often centered on Bacon, and Bacon created nine portraits of Peter Beard.

Nelson Mandela Day, July 18, 2023
Nelson Mandela Foundation

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The Principality of Monaco celebrated the life and legacy of Nelson Mandela on Mandela Day, July 18, 2023 together with the Nelson Mandela Foundation.


The Estate of Peter Beard was honored to donate the artwork shown to support the efforts of the Nelson Mandela Foundation in pursuit of its vision for a society that remembers its past, listens to all its voices, and pursues social justice.

Peter Beard donation for Nelson Mandela Day
The Gardeners of Eden, Kenya, 1984/2010

Artist Plate Project, May 17, 2023

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The Estate of Peter Beard is pleased to support the Coalition for the Homeless, and to participate in the Artist Plate Project.

Peter Beard is one of 42 artists featured on limited-edition dinner plates to support the Coalition’s lifesaving programs. Edition of 250 plates per artist.

The funds raised by the sale of plates will provide food, crisis services, housing, and other critical aid to thousands of people experiencing homelessness and housing instability.

The purchase of one plate for $250 can feed more than 100 hungry New Yorkers. The first 75 plates were available at Frieze NY (May 17-21, 2023) and are still available: artwareeditions.com/products/plate-by-peter-beard. (Scroll down for a list of other artists who participated in this project)

Peter Beard Plate Project, 2023
Artist Plate Project, May 17, 2023

Contributing Artists:

Albert Oehlen, Alice Neel, Amoako Boafo, Amy Sherald, Anna Park, Anna Weyant, Ariana Papademetropoulos, Dana Schutz, Derrick Adams, Ed Clark, Ed Ruscha, Eddie Martinez, Frank Bowling, Genieve Figgis, Georg Baselitz, Glenn Ligon, Hank Willis Thomas, Harold Ancart, Henry Taylor, Hilary Pecis, Huma Bhabha, Joel Mesler, Jonas Wood, Katherine Bernhardt, KAWS, Loie Hollowell, Lorna Simpson, Louise Bourgeois, Marilyn Minter, Mark Grotjahn, Matthew Wong, Maurizio Cattelan, Mickalene Thomas, Otis Kwame Kye Quaicoe, Peter Beard, Philip Guston, Rashid Johnson, Robert Nava, Susumu Kamijo, Takashi Murakami, Virgil Abloh, and Yoshitomo Nara

NO-ONE in New York should be hungry, thirsty, or HOMELESS.
Please be kind, and please help.