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Andy Warhol Photo Exhibition Explores His Public and Private Lives

NEW PALTZ, NY.- The Samuel Dorsky Museum of Art at the State University of New York at New Paltz will hold an opening reception for “Andy Warhol: Private and Public in 151 Photographs” at 5 p.m. on Friday, April 9, in the Sara Bedrick Gallery of The Dorsky Museum. The exhibition runs from April 10 – July 25 and August 18 – Sept. 26. This exhibition focuses on Andy Warhol’s exploration of the interconnections between private and public life as seen in a group of Polaroid and black and white photographs made by Warhol from 1970 to 1986. The photographs were donated to The Dorsky Museum by The Andy Warhol Foundation for the Visual Arts, Inc., The Warhol Photographic Legacy Program. According to Art History Professor Reva Wolf, who