Andy Warhol. Ladies and Gentlemen

The exhibition Andy Warhol. Ladies and Gentlemen, conceived and organized by the Ferrara Arte Foundation and the Modern and Contemporary Art Galleries of Ferrara, benefits from the prestigious support of the Andy Warhol Museum in Pittsburgh. Palazzo dei Diamanti once again hosts some of the most provocative creations by the great artist, in an immersive re-creation of the 1975–76 exhibition, accompanied by a compelling journey through the universe of Warhol’s portraiture.

The exhibition presents an exceptional selection of over 150 portraits—including acrylic paintings, drawings, silkscreens, and Polaroids—on loan from major European and American museums and collections. An extensive narrative devoted to the Ladies and Gentlemen series is followed by a selection of some of the most iconic portraits and self-portraits produced between the 1960s and the 1980s: from the Marilyn series, which codifies the archetype of the star, to the parody of the official iconography of Mao Tse-tung; from the silhouettes of Mick Jagger and Liza Minnelli—global emblems of uninhibited, theatrical sensuality—to the fluid, dematerialized effigies of Robert Mapplethorpe and Grace Jones, which herald the advent of digital imagery, culminating in a spectacular gallery of self-portraits in which the artist explores the boundaries of his own identity.