Visit: Guided tour Andy Warhol by Laura Hanssens (directeur)

Andy Warhol, Andy Warhol’s Index (Book), Random House, Inc., New York, Toronto, 1967

On Sunday 22 November at 11.00, Laura Hanssens, director of the Herbert Foundation, will take you on a guided tour of the exhibition All Tomorrow’s Parties. Films and documents of Andy Warhol.

Writing and publishing were integral to Warhol’s artistic practice from his early career as a commercial illustrator in the 1950s. Alongside his well-known Pop Art works, he produced more than 600 films and a diverse range of printed matter from the mid-1960s onwards. The exhibition brings together these two lesser-known aspects of his oeuvre.

In both his films and his printed works, Warhol employed a method described as ‘carefully unplanned’. Conversations were published virtually unedited, whilst his early films often emerged from the use of a fixed camera that continued to record without further intervention. What might appear to be a casual approach was, however, carefully controlled. This method raises questions about individual authorship and what it means to be an artist. These issues also come to the fore in the way Warhol’s New York studio, The Factory, operated.

With a focus on film and printed matter, ‘All Tomorrow’s Parties’ offers an alternative perspective on Warhol’s oeuvre, moving beyond the typical emphasis on his painting. During the guided tour, you will discover Warhol’s radical practice as a filmmaker, writer, publisher and maker of books. Through these works, he fundamentally challenged conventional notions of the artwork and the role of the artist, while also questioning the conservatism of the art world.
 
 

Practical details

• 22 November 2026, 11 a.m. – 12:30 p.m.
• Language: Dutch
• Entrance via Coupure Links 627 A
• Tickets: €15 – Buy your ticket here
• Please arrive 15 minutes before the start of the tour