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Casa del Lago UNAM Opens Warhol Exhibition Focused on Polaroids

The loan marks the Luckman collection's first international collaboration.

Overview

  • “Warhol y su obturador fugaz” runs from October 3 to November 9 in Sala 4 at Casa del Lago UNAM with free admission.
  • The show brings together 61 Polaroids, 32 silver‑gelatin prints and 9 serigraphs from Cal State LA’s Luckman Fine Arts Complex.
  • The works were assembled through The Andy Warhol Foundation and the Photographic Legacy Project to foreground intimate, process‑driven photography.
  • Coordinators Adalberto Charvel and Beruz Herrero center Warhol’s camera practice and stage a Factory‑referencing installation using metal supports and bright carpets.
  • Opening programming features Juan Francisco Maldonado’s performative essay “Las criaturas iridiscentes” on October 3 at 6 p.m., with highlights including Black Bean Soup (1968) and a 1978 Polaroid of Carolina Herrera.