The Warhol Foundation announced a few months back a massive gift of more than 28,000 Warhol photographs to be distributed among college and university museums across the country. Local beneficiaries are the Mount Holyoke College Art Museum, the University Gallery at UMASS, and the Smith College Art Museum. The gifts are scheduled to arrive sometime this month.
From the Foundation’s October press release:
The Andy Warhol Foundation for the Visual Arts today announced an unprecedented gift of Warhol art to 183 college and university art museums across the U.S. The gift, made through the Andy Warhol Photographic Legacy Program in honor of the foundation’s 20th anniversary, consists of 28,543 original Warhol photographs valued in excess of $28 million.
No news yet of any exhibition plans at Smith, Mount Holyoke, or UMASS.
