It seems that New Yorkers just can’t get enough of Andy Warhol, and the Whitney Museum of American Art is leaning into that appetite. On April 30, the museum will debut “Andy Warhol: Family Album,” a new exhibition featuring 732 Polaroid photographs taken between 1972 and 1973 of the famed artist, specifically focusing on his social and personal life.
According to an official press release, the selection of Polaroids is drawn from one of six Holson albums—those vintage collections that were once ubiquitous—containing hundreds of prints that Warhol himself assembled as part of his personal archive.
“Warhol titled these albums after the brand’s generic product description: the ‘family album,’” reads the release.
Considering that Warhol bought his first Polaroid camera in the mid-1960s, the selection draws from an archive of thousands of photographs. This exhibition, in particular, will feature a wide range of shots, from friends visiting Warhol on Long Island to images of the artist’s dog, Archie, as well as photographs from European vacations, together encompassing Warhol’s eye for capturing everyday life as a way to document relationships and social interactions.
“Warhol’s ‘Family Album’ is a fascinating visual diary of the ordinary stuff of life—meals, people and places—but with a Warholian sheen of who’s-who: art, celebrity, fashion, business, and power,” said Roxanne Smith, the Jennifer Rubio assistant curator of the collection, in an official statement. “Some are gorgeous photographs in their own right; some are basically outtakes. Together they are an intimate, immersive time capsule of this glamorous world of the early 1970s.”
The exhibit will be on display through October 19.