Andy Warhol Museum, Pittsburgh
The Andy Warhol Museum is one of the sightseeing stops for participants in this week’s G-20 Summit for the top-level discussion of economic issues. It’s not on the itinerary of the heads of state, however. It’s a lunchtime diversion for their spouses, who will get a chance to savor Pittsburgh’s varied cultural riches while the fate of the world is decided (or not).
The just published Spousal Program, detailing the activities planned for the powers behind the presidents, says this about the time they will spend Friday at the Warhol (which, by amazing coincidence, is now showing: “Drawn to the Summit: A G-20 Exhibition of International Political Cartoons”):
Spouses will have the opportunity to silkscreen one of Andy Warhol’s images of a flower onto a tote-bag that they can then take home with them as a memento of their visit to the museum.
Another highlight of the tour will be the opening of one of Andy Warhol’s heretofore sealed Time Capsules. Mr. Warhol is famous for having stored over 600 time capsules—each containing a variety of objects ranging from the mundane to the inspired. This is a chance for modern history to spring to life before the eyes of the First Lady’s international guests.
The time capsule may inspire a “whatever” response from puzzled onlookers. It’s one of some 612 boxes in which the artist stashed whatever random ephemera happened to come his way—everything from newspaper clippings to financial records to business cards. We can only hope that they don’t discover therein another autographed nude photo of Jackie Kennedy Onassis, as was recently found by an archivist hired by the Andy Warhol Foundation to sift through those capsules.
But what we all REALLY want to know is:
What will Carla Sarkozy be wearing?