A Visit to the Andy Warhol Museum

After always talking about going to the Andy Warhol Museum with my granddaughter, Bayleigh…we finally went a few weeks ago. I have been there a few times but this was Bayleigh’s first visit. I was eager to see her reaction to the museum and see what her thoughts were about it.

The museum has 8 floors of exhibits of Warhol’s art. The special exhibit was centered on a Contemporary Chinese Artist, Ai Weiwei. The exhibit showed the influence of Warhol and Weiwei on the modern and contemporary life. It displayed their art and showed the contrast of the two and the influence that they had on other artists. Bayleigh enjoyed this exhibit but she actually liked Weiwei’s art better than Warhol’s. I couldn’t disagree with her on that point.

 

 

I know Bayleigh, who is a cat lover, especially liked Warhol’s sketchings and drawings of cats. Those were probably her favorites, along with the room filled with floating helium balloons.

At the end of our visit, Bayleigh said that it was interesting. She learned more things about Warhol and a lot of interesting things about Weiwei. We ended up going into the gift shop, where Bayleigh picked out a few artistic souvenirs to take home. 

Regardless of my feelings about the Andy Warhol Museum, it was worth a visit, especially with Bayleigh. The special exhibit runs until August, 28, 2016, and it is worth seeing the special exhibit.